DePaul University Society of Professional Journalists

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  • SPJ Super Regional Presentation: iPad2 for Journalists

    Here’s the link to a .PDF of SPJ DePaul Adviser Mike Reilley’s iPad2 for Journalists presentation from the SPJ Super Regional on April 2. As a supplement, here are highlights from an #SPJchat we had on the iPad2 recently. It was great meeting all of you and by all means visit The Journalist’s Toolbox and…

  • SPJ DePaul Who’s News Diversity Event

    SPJ DePaul partnered with three other university student organizations to host a panel discussion entitled “Who’s News? Achieving Diversity in Media Coverage and the Newsroom” on Feb. 17. The forum, which moderated by Karen Kring of the Association for Women Journalists Chicago, involved six panelists and drew a crowd of more than 40 people. The Korean Student…

  • Prospective SPJ DePaul Members

    Anyone interested in joining SPJ DePaul should contact Mike Reilley at this e-mail address: mreille1 [at] depaul.edu. You can also pick up membership forms in an envelope on Reilley’s office door, room 1106 at 14 E. Jackson Blvd. We also will have informational meetings this fall about joining SPJ DePaul and members of our student…

  • Upcoming Chicago Headline Club Events

    Here are some fun summer events with the Chicago Headline Club, the professional SPJ chapter in our area. SPJ DePaul members should feel free to attend, participate and volunteer in any of these events. They are some great networking opportunities: Fundraiser to benefit unemployed, underemployed journalists July 1: Starting at 8 p.m., journalist-musicians will entertain…

  • News Update

    Last weekend SPJ DePaul was recognized as an official chapter by the national board of the Society of Professional Journalists.  This is great news for us, as we are now able to receive funding for our events, which will help us defray our expenses. More importantly, members have access to SPJ’s job bank, discounts on…

  • New Student Leaders

    You may have seen the signs around campus congratulating our new student leaders,  as well as our previous blog post. We have had some new additions to our team since then and would like to congratulate our entire  leadership team. President- Nick Tarantino Vice President-Lauren Camplin Secretary- Meredith Gonsalves Event Coordinator– Meghan Bower Membership Coordinator-Katie…