Former WashingtonPost.com executive editor Jim Brady will deliver the keynote speech at the SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter’s annual awards banquet Thursday, June 25 at the Bali Hai.
FREE this Saturday – Spanish 101 for Journalists
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
Deadline to declare candidacy for SPJ Board
SPJ chapter members interested in running for one of the four open seats on the board of directors must declare their intent to run by this Friday, April 24 at 5 p.m. and provide bios of 200 words or less by Friday, May 1. Ballots will be mailed to all SPJ-SD chapter members in mid-May.
SPJ turns 100
by Lori Weisberg
Members toast the centennial
Chapter president Jodi Cleesattle asked those gathered for SPJ’s Ethics Week program, which followed the reception, to raise a glass in honor of SPJ’s centennial.
San Diego Society of Professional Journalists 