SPJ-SD’s 2010 “Report Card on the Media” program will air on cable TV on three dates in April.

If you missed the February 25 event, which featured newsmakers grading the media on the coverage of their stories, you can catch the action in a half-hour program, hosted by Channel 4 Station Manager Dennis Morgigno, that will be broadcast on both Cox Cable and Time Warner on Channel 4 Saturday, April 17 at 3 p.m.; Wednesday, April 21 at 10 p.m.; and Thursday, April 22 at 4 p.m.

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SPJ sponsors “Art of Access” public records workshop April 28

The Access Across America Tour comes to San Diego Wednesday, April 28, when the SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter sponsors “The Art of Access: Strategies for Getting and Using Public Records for Your Reporting.”

Are you stretched thin working on your daily stories, Web postings and extra responsibilities? Feel like you can’t do the kind of in-depth reporting you want? Or maybe you just want to improve your reporting skills and bolster your already stellar stories?

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