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The Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce its 2010 scholarship winners, Michelle Hu of Carmel High School and Emily Theis of Southport High School. Hu and Theis were chosen based on a combination of their grades, extra-curricular media activities and an essay on the topic, “As a future journalist, [...] Congratulations to all the winners in SPJ’s Best in Indiana contest. We’re truly proud of all the amazing work our fellow Hoosier journalists have done and thrilled that so many of you could join us at the annual awards dinner to be honored. We’d love to list all the winners here, but there are just way too [...] Journalism students at IUPUI have formed a new campus chapter of SPJ. To celebrate, the student chapter will host a “Slice & Dice” at the new Student Media Center from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15. The “slice” is free pizza; the “dice” is a critique of student portfolios. That’s where professional journalists like you come [...] Three members of the chapter’s Board of Directors have met with the new state public access counselor, telling him of SPJ’s longtime advocacy for open government. Access Counselor Andrew Kossack said during the meeting that he wanted to be active in informing the public and government officials about the state’s Access to Public Records and Open [...] We express condolences at the death of longtime Ball State University journalism professor Earl Conn. He died Sept. 20 in Muncie at the age of 82. Dr. Conn worked at various publications and was a high school teacher before permanently joining the Ball State faculty in 1964. He became journalism department chairman in 1984 and was [...] The recent SPJ national convention included a presentation by former chapter President Kevin Finch on the start up of the Indiana Debate Commission and how other chapters around the country might take on similar projects.
The chapter provided some of the early seed money for the Debate Commission and remains one of its [...] The Indiana Professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to report a donation from journalist Christopher Lloyd, formerly a feature writer and film critic at The Indianapolis Star. Lloyd announced the donation in a video posted Wednesday on his blog, Captain Critic. Lloyd’s donation of $1,839.27 — the total, after taxes, of a [...] We’ve got a new state public access counselor as Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed Andrew J. Kossack to that position effective Sept. 7. Kossack replaces Heather Neal, who resigned in August to become deputy chief of staff at the Indiana Department of Education. Chapter leaders plan to meet with Kossack to talk about the important role the [...] The lobby decor at the Monthly will remain in tact, with The Misprintz holding on to the trophy as reigning champions of the Indy Pro chapter’s Battle of the Media Bands. Local journalists and attendees from the SPJ national convention turned out to enjoy the music and cheer on favorite bands. Video links to the performances [...] The Battle of the Media Bands is just three weeks from today and so we thought it was time to reveal the bands you’ll see at the event at Radio Radio on Aug. 28. Some of the names are going to be familiar. These are folks from your newsrooms! And if you attended our event last [...] |
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