It's not too late!

To attend the SPJ Region 7 Conference April 24-25 in Clayton, MO (St. Louis)

Early bird registration is over, so registration for students is now $60 and professionals it's $85.

Here's some of what's on tap: 

Brant Houston, the former director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, will speak about how you can still do investigative journalism on a tighter budget.

Mark Horvit, the current director of IRE, is part of a panel on whether the press is still filling the role of watchdog.

Bernie Lunzer, president of the Newspaper Guild, and Arnie Robbins, editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, discuss the future of printed newspapers.

And that's only the big-picture stuff. We also have speakers who can help you improve your writing, polish your resume and make sure that people find all the great stuff you're publishing online. We've got some backpack journalists who will talk about how they manage to produce multimedia stories on deadline. And, of course, we'll talk about the ethical questions raised by our profession's new technologies and new economics.
 
We hope you'll also join us for a Friday-night reception on Friday night and a Saturday-night party at the world-famous Blueberry Hill. It's all included!!

Registration information, including a printable registration form, is here.

That page will tell you how to register via email and PayPal, or you can print out the registration form and mail it to us.
 
The conference is at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton, a suburb of St. Louis. If you want to stay there, call 800-980-6429 or 314-726-5400 and ask for the SPJ rate.
 
If you have any questions, please email: 2009conference@stlspj.org or call David Nicklaus at 314-340-8213.