The San Diego Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will be partnering with the Veterans History Project. Members are encouraged to volunteer in this ongoing project with the Library of Congress to collect and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans. After all, SPJ members are uniquely qualified to help our city’s veterans share and preserve their stories.
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Our SPJ Scholarship Competition will award three $900 scholarships to local college students, one scholarship each in the categories of print, photo and video.
Here’s some news to make your life easier: National SPJ is rolling out “auto dues,” a new billing option that allows you to pay for your SPJ membership a month at a time. Like rent, or a car loan, but so much more journalistically inclined. Find out the details here. If you need to renew your membership, now is a great time. And if you’ve let your membership lapse, one of the SPJ Board members will be calling this month to ask you to renew.
By Thom Senzee
Late last month, another bit of LGBT history was made, albeit on a more modest level than the overturning of DOMA and Prop. 8 as the San Diego Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists presented their first-ever LGBT media event. I invited and moderated a panel of four experts and activists to speak about LGBT civil rights and LGBT media issues.
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