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  • College Campuses Nationwide Present Free Speech Walls

    In honor of Constitution Day, SPJ/ONA DePaul and other SPJ student chapters across the country organized Free Speech Walls. Participants exercised their First Amendment rights to free speech by writing posts ranging from political to poetic. Check out our Storify for more details. Read more

  • SPJ/ONA DePaul Wins Outstanding Campus Chapter Award

    SPJ/ONA DePaul received the Region 5 Outstanding Campus Chapter Award at the 2014 Excellence in Journalism (EIJ) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. This is their third win in four years. The organization was honored for its inventive programming during the 2013-2014 academic year, including a Women in Sports Journalism panel and web coding workshop with Andy Read more

  • SPJ Free Speech Wall: Sept. 17

    On Sept. 17, 2013, SPJ/ONA DePaul launched the first SPJ Free Speech Wall exercise on Constitution Day. Students set up blank “walls” on our Lincoln Park and Loop campuses so students, faculty, administration and staff could write anything they wanted, exercising their First Amendment rights. On Sept. 5, SPJ/ONA DePaul will present the Free Speech Wall Read more

  • Congrats to SPJ/ONA DePaul Members and Graduates

    Congrats to all SPJ/ONA DePaul members who graduated on Sunday, including three of our e-board members (from left): President Brianna Kelly, Membership Coordinator Tyler Carter and Vice President Jakub Rudnik. Read more

  • SPJ/ONA DePaul’s Kelly, Rudnik Receive Awards

    Former SPJ/ONA DePaul officers and graduate students Brianna Kelly and Jakub Rudnik picked up awards Friday at the DePaul University College of Communication awards ceremony on the Loop campus. Kelly, the outgoing SPJ/ONA DePaul president, received the organization’s Outstanding Leadership Award, dubbed the “SPJ MVP” award by the students. During her two years on the Read more

  • SPJ/ONA DePaul Accepts Leadership Award

    SPJ/ONA DePaul, the campus organization for the Society of Professional Journalists and the Online News Association, received the Outstanding Organizational Development award Thursday night at the DePaul Socially Responsible Leadership Awards at the Lincoln Park Student Center. SPJ/ONA DePaul was honored for its innovative programming, which includes social media training, ethics, free speech, coding and Read more