Join the North County Bar Association for the next Bench/Bar/Media lunch Wednesday, Dec. 2.
The lunch program, set for 12:15 p.m., will feature a discussion of the obstacles reporters, attorneys and court personnel face in the light of court budget cuts and reduced access to courthouses. Submit suggestions for additional discussion topics as soon as possible to Bench/Bar/Media Committee chair Lynn Behymer at behymeresq@aol.com.
The North County Bar Association’s 10th annual Bench/Bar/Media Program, set for Thursday, Oct. 15, will focus on “San Diego’s Changing Media Part Two: Where are the Reporters?”
The dinner program follows last year’s discussion of how the Internet and expansion of 24-hour radio and television news broadcasts have changed the way we get our news. This year’s panel of journalists will focus on how shrinking budgets, depleted staff and compressed deadlines are affecting court news coverage in San Diego. Panelists include North County Times editor Kent Davy, Clear Channel’s Phil Farrer, and others. San Diego Superior Court Judge Harry Elias will moderate the discussion.
The journalism industry may be in trouble, but here in San Diego, at least four new media outlets started up in the last 12 months, targeting audiences in specific geographic areas and with specific interests. Is niche media the wave of the future?
Join the SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter and the San Diego State University Student Chapter on Wednesday, Oct. 14 for a program taking a look at this trend, “The Upstarts: Will San Diego’s niche media be the new face of local journalism?”
SPJ San Diego announces its own economic stimulus package for local journalists!
SPJ will offer its two-hour workshop, “Spanish 101: Basic Spanish for Working Journalists,” for FREE this Saturday, May 9.
If you speak no Spanish or just want to brush up your Spanish skills and learn key phrases that are helpful for reporters, attend this workshop. The ability to communicate with Spanish-speaking sources is a valuable skill in our diverse community. Let SPJ – and two excellent instructors from Language Door – help you break the language barrier and expand your news reporting.
When: Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m.-noon
Where: KPBS Studios, 5200 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182
Cost: FREE
RSVP Now to Tanya Mannes at tanya.mannes@uniontrib.com
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