Posted tagged ‘SPJ DePaul’

SPJ DePaul Freedom of Information Forum Panel Offers Investigative Tips

January 25, 2012

SPJ DePaul’s Freedom of Information Panel discussion on Thursday offered tips on using FOIA requests and insight to how investigative journalists work. The two-hour panel, moderated by DePaul adjunct journalism instructor and former TV news reporter Anne Kavanaugh, featured panelists Tim Novak and Chris Fusco of the Chicago Sun-Times and Mick Dumke of the Chicago [...]

SPJ DePaul ’10-Minute Mentors’ Program

November 1, 2011

SPJ DePaul completed its professional development campus chapter requirement on Oct. 28 with a “10-Minute Mentors” event at its downtown Loop campus newsroom. Student members brought their resumes and sought career advice from some of the leading journalists in the Chicago area. The chapter would like to thank the journalists for taking time out of [...]

Bennett: Journalism Skills Needed Virtually Everywhere

October 24, 2011

Dr. Sybril Bennett of Belmont University discussed the importance of incorporating the advancements of technology into the news industry. She stressed that the news industry needed to keep up with technology while journalism still has its credibility. Bennett actively challenged audience members to remain positive about journalism’s future and find new ways to incorporate innovative [...]

EIJ Convention 2011: Robert Hernandez on Rules for Writing Online and Social Media

October 12, 2011

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of summaries from the SPJ/RTDNA Excellence in Journalism conference. Technology doesn’t replace journalism, but “empowers it,” said Robert Hernandez, a USC journalism professor, at the Excellence in Journalism convention recently in New Orleans. Hernandez, who organizes the weekly #wjchat tech-journo Twitter chats, has five main rules that he follows [...]

SPJ DePaul Named National and Region 5 Campus Chapter of the Year

August 12, 2011

NEW ORLEANS — SPJ DePaul received the Society of Professional Journalists National Campus Chapter of the Year and Region 5 Campus Chapter of the Year awards this week at the Excellence in Journalism convention at the New Orleans Sheraton Hotel. The honors give SPJ DePaul three awards – one each at the national, regional and [...]

SPJ DePaul Named ‘Most Outstanding Student Organization’ on Campus

June 2, 2011

SPJ DePaul was named the university’s “most outstanding student organization” June 1 at a Leadership & Involvement Celebration on the Lincoln Park Campus. The Division of Student Affairs and The Student Leadership Institute selected SPJ DePaul from more than 225 campus organizations. SPJ DePaul became a fully recognized student chapter by the Society of Professional [...]