SPJ/ONA DePaul Announces 2014-15 Executive Board

Announcing the 2014-15 SPJ/ONA DePaul executive board: President: Emily Brosious Vice President/Events: Stephanie Wade Secretary: Rima Mandwee Membership Coordinator: Jenna Duddleston Social Media and PR Coordinator: Sadé Carpenter Congrats to our new e-board!

Free Speech Wall Project Brainstorming

SPJ/ONA DePaul presented its free speech wall project at the SPJ Region 5 conference in Chicago. After the presentation, we held a brainstorming meeting with other chapters that attended, including Indiana, Loyola, Butler and Eastern Kentucky. Here are some of the ideas the chapters came up with as we plan to take the project to …

DePaul Wins 23 SPJ Region 5 MOE Awards, 7 First-Places

DePaul University College of Communication journalism students won 23 awards, including seven first-place wins, in the SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards on April 12. The Region 5 awards recognize the best student work in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. The winners advance to the national SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, which will be judged …

SPJ/ONA DePaul Free Speech Wall Presentation

SPJ/ONA DePaul presented its Free Speech Wall program to 25 students, pros and advisers during an afternoon session at the SPJ Region 5 conference April 12 in Chicago. The students did a 20-minute presentation, showed the wall as well as research on results of the Free Speech Wall, which they are turning into an annual …

Women in Sports Journalism Panel Coverage

SPJ/ONA DePaul hosted a Women in Sports Journalism Panel at DePaul’s downtown campus on April 10 that explored locker room access issues, industry trends and some great advice on making it in sports media. The event started with the ESPN documentary “Let Them Wear Towels,” a history of female journalists working in male locker rooms. …