Students can get career help at SPJ San Diego’s resume workshop

Join San Diego’s Chapter of SPJ for a Resume Workshop!

Who: News editors and college students
What: Editors review student resumes and provide feedback
When: Thursday, Feb. 2, 6-8 p.m.
Where: On campus at San Diego State, hosted by School of Journalism & Media Studies, located in the Professional Studies and Fine Arts Building (PSFA), Room 358.

Featured Editors:
Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego
Kris Vera Phillips, KPBS
Sara Libby, Voice of San Diego
Donna Stewart, NBC San Diego
Joe Guerin, KPBS
Radvile Rinkeviciute, San Diego Union-Tribune

The event is free and there will be free pizza! Please RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-diego-society-of-professional-journalists-resume-workshop-tickets-30907589432

To purchase a visitor parking permit: https://aztecs.t2hosted.com/cmn/auth_guest.aspx
(closest visitor parking located in Parking Structure 12).

How the O.J. Simpson Case Altered How Media Covers the Courts

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Registration is now open for our June 21 Bench Bar Media Event, “Eyewitness to Change: How the O.J. Simpson Case Altered How Media Covers the Courts,” with retired AP special correspondent Linda Deutsch and Loyola School of Law professor Laurie Levenson.

The event is free and open exclusively to members of the bar, court and SPJ. Please register here.

Announcing the 2016 Sunshine Award, Plus Window and Wall Nominees

Please join SPJ in celebrating the Sunshine Award winner, as well as the Window and Wall nominees, on Wednesday, April 6 at Fifty Seven Degrees. We will toast the winners at a reception beginning at 6 p.m.

2016 Sunshine Award

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The San Diego Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is proud to present Maksim Pecherskiy with its annual Sunshine Award for his work to create an open data portal at the city of San Diego. Sunshine Week celebrates the importance of open access, underscores the value of transparent government and reminds the public of their right to government information. As San Diego’s chief data officer, Pecherskiy has done all three.

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