Thursday, Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m.

Two and a half weeks before the closely-watched and even more closely-contested Nov. 6 election, the latest can’t-miss panel from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will be both timely and thought-provoking. You’ll hear a four-member panel of political pros discuss and dissect the media relations end of campaigns and how it has evolved in recent years in San Diego and out-of-town news agencies alike. Continue reading →

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The SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter is pleased to announce the winners of the annual SPJ San Diego Area Journalism Awards Contest and the 2012 San Diego Journalist of the Year.

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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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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