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  • Jan. 17: Andy Boyle Coding Workshop

    Editor’s note: The date has changed from Jan. 13 to Jan. 17 for this event. SPJ/ONA DePaul, which is continuing to expand its foundation in technology and training, is bringing Chicago Tribune News Applications Developer Andy Boyle to campus on Friday, Jan. 17 for a coding workshop. This three-hour, hands-on workshop is open to current Read more

  • SPJ DePaul Chapter Meeting: Gapers Block 101

    SPJ DePaul’s final fall quarter 2013 chapter meeting featured Gapers Block co-founder Andrew Huff, who talked about the 10-year-old site’s history and future. Huff met for nearly an hour with more than 20 chapter members and prospective members. DePaul students live-tweeted the event at the #spjdepaul hashtag. SPJ DePaul programming will resume in January 2014 Read more

  • SPJ DePaul Free Speech Wall Event Tuesday, Sept. 17

    Join our chapter on Constitution Day (Tuesday, Sept. 17) by exercising your right to free speech on the SPJ DePaul free speech wall. Our chapter executive board will have display walls and markers for you to write anything you want. The free speech walls will be at two locations from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Read more

  • SPJ DePaul Named National Chapter of the Year

    SPJ DePaul was named National Campus Chapter of the Year for the second time in three years on Aug. 25 at the Excellence in Journalism Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The DePaul chapter, founded in 2010 in DePaul’s College of Communication, also was named the Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky) Chapter of the Year. “These Read more

  • Trumbull Receives SPJ National Galvan Award

    INDIANAPOLIS (SPJ release) – The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to honor Ali Trumbull with the 2013 Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award. She is a founding member of the DePaul Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and held three executive board positions: Program Coordinator, Publicity Director and President. Under her leadership, Read more