Category: Events
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Video: Data Journalism Workshop with Ben Welsh
On April 21, SPJ/ONA DePaul and 14 East Magazine hosted an introductory data journalism workshop led by Pulitzer Prize-winning L.A. Times Data Journalist Ben Welsh. At the workshop, Welsh, who’s a DePaul alum, taught attendees how to clean and analyze data using spreadsheets to produce quality, data-driven stories. If you missed this amazing skill-building opportunity, no need…
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Event Recap: Q&A with Jim DeRogatis
By Avery Luke On October 15, 2020, SPJ DePaul hosted a live Q&A with acclaimed music journalist Jim DeRogatis. The session covered a variety of topics ranging from DeRogatis’s book, “Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly,” to launching a career in journalism, as well as the unique circumstances journalists face in modern-day reporting. President Joanna…
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Event Recap: “FOI for a Cure: How to Get Health Records and Data in a Pandemic” at the SPJ 2020 Conference
By Quinn White As part of the SPJ 2020 conference, Randy Showstack–president of the Washington D.C. pro-chapter of SPJ– hosted a webinar titled ‘FOI for a cure: How to get health records and data in a pandemic.’ The webinar was led by presenter Dave Cuillier who is an associate professor at the University of Arizona…
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Event Recap: “Words Matter” at the SPJ 2020 Journalism Conference
By Avery Luke “Words Matter,” featuring panelists Paula Froke, Dorothy Tucker, and Kam Burns, was one of many relevant and informative breakout sessions at SPJ’s 2020 Journalism Conference. The discussion centered around the question: What steps can journalists take to be precise in language and style choices in regard to race, gender, and identity? Paula…
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Event recap- “More Speech: A Conversation about the First Amendment”
Last Tuesday, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) held an event panel on the First Amendment, in conjunction with the American Library Association and Illinois library Association. The discussion took place at Harold Washington Library. While topics varied, the conversation always circled back to one thing: balance. What constitutes obscenity? What are…
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