SPJ will honor border journalist Adela Navarro Bello as 2012 San Diego Journalist of the Year, along with all contest winners at the SPJ Annual Awards Banquet, set for Thursday, June 28 at the beautiful Bali Hai – and tickets are on sale now!
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Month: May 2012
Veteran San Diego journalist bids farewell to USD teaching stint
AND IN CONCLUSION…
by Ron Bonn
I figured I’d give it a couple of semesters, maybe three.
When June and I arrived in San Diego from the East coast, just before the century turned, I realized I’d had a great working life. I’d wrapped up 40 years in television news and, coincidentally, those were the 40 years when television news was inventing itself — the years that saw Ed Murrow’s triumph and tragedy, the years that brought the half-hour nightly network news program—still the gold standard of the industry—the years of the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam war, Apollo to the moon, America’s civil rights revolution, LBJ, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, the years when Don Hewitt invented “60 Minutes”
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Declare your intent to run for SPJ-SD board of directors
The SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter is seeking candidates for its board of directors – a board chock full of hard-working, fun-loving and always-entertaining local journalists.
Do you have great ideas for fun, educational and career-enhancing programs for local journalists? Want to get to know more of your colleagues in the San Diego journalism community? Just want to impress your boss with the prestige of serving on the SPJ San Diego board?
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San Diego Press Club 40th anniversary celebration, Friday, May 18
The Press Club is entering its 40th year and kicking off a yearlong celebration with a gala party Friday, May 18, 6-9 p.m., at Civita in Mission Valley. Oh! Ridge will entertain with oldies and contemporary tunes, and the party will take over the 10,000-square-foot recreation center at Circa 37, a luxury apartment village at Civita.
