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 …

SPJ/ONA Adviser, Students Experimenting with Google Glass

SPJ/ONA DePaul adviser Mike Reilley is part of the Google Glass Explorers program. He and his winter quarter journalism students have been experimenting with the prototype glasses as a tool for gathering news. They’re discussing story ideas, ethical concerns and new storytelling methods. Stay tuned as our SPJ/ONA DePaul student organization may hold some Glass …

SPJ/ONA DePaul Members in DePaul University Journalism Video

SPJ/ONA DePaul President Brianna Kelly, Vice President Jakub Rudnik and faculty adviser Mike Reilley are quoted in DePaul University’s graduate journalism program video. They talk about the experiences of taking and teaching classes in a large media market. http://vimeo.com/83881194

Bennett: Journalism Skills Needed Virtually Everywhere

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 …

SPJ DePaul Social Media and Ethics Twitter Chat

As part of its required Ethics programming, SPJ DePaul played host to a Twitter chat titled “Social Media and Ethics” on Nov. 4. Steve Buttry, community editor with TBD.com in Washington, D.C., was the featured guest along with panelists Craig Kanalley of the Huffington Post and Scott Leadingham of SPJ’s Quill magazine. The event drew 79 …