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SPJ’s Spring Conferences are day-long professional development meetings bringing area journalists, students and journalism educators together in one place to hear from industry experts on topics ranging from improving writing to leveraging technology in today’s new media climate. Networking opportunities at the conferences allow participants to build relationships that can lead to the sharing of the best practices in newsrooms. Enhance yourself and your journalism career by attending a Spring Conference in your area.
Region 1
Philadelphia, Penn.
April 24-25
Temple University's Center City campus
Contact: Phil Beck
(267) 971-5311
E-mail
Facebook Page
Web site and registration form
Region 2
Arlington, Va.
March 28
Marymount University
Ballston Campus Conference Center
Contact: Ann Augherton
(703) 841-2590
E-mail
Facebook Page
Web site and registration form
Region 3
Hollywood, Fla.
April 3-4
Dave & Busters, Hollywood Fla.
Contact: Michael Koretzky
954-923-9553
E-mail
Web site
Region 4
Columbus, Ohio
April 3-4
Doubletree Hotel Columbus Worthington
Contact: Jennifer Monnin
(614) 677-5391
E-mail
Web site
Region 5
Indianapolis, Ind.
April 3-4
Athenaeum Foundation
Contact: Heather Porter
(317) 927-8000 ext. 204
E-mail
Web Site
Region 6
Bloomington, Minn.
March 27-28
Holiday Inn Select
Contact: Christine Paige Diers
218-779-9684
E-mail
Web Site
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Region 7
St. Louis, Mo.
April 24-25
Crowne Plaza Hotel-Clayton
Contact: Dave Nicklaus
(314) 340-8213
E-mail
Web Site
Region 8
Fort Worth, Texas
March 20-21
(Downtown Historic) Hilton Hotel
Contact: Kay Pirtle
(817) 292-2260
E-mail
Web Site
Region 9
Salt Lake City, Utah
April 3-4
University of Utah
Contact: Allison Barlow Hess
(801) 626-7499
E-mail
Promotional Flyer [PDF]
Region 10
Missoula, Montana
April 24-26
University of Montana
Contact: Ian Marquand
(406) 529-6494
E-mail
Web Site
Program/registration packet [PDF]
Region 11
Phoenix, Ariz.
April 3-5
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Contact: Mark Scarp
602-810-8964
E-mail
Web site
Region 12
Little Rock, Ark.
April 3-4
Contact: Andrew Demillo
(501) 372-6363
E-mail
Registration Flyer [PDF]
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The chapter doctor is a front-line caretaker who helps new and struggling pro chapters. Let us be a resource to resolve outstanding chapter issues and serve as a liaison to national headquarters.
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Bill McCloskey
4709 Overbrook Road
Bethesda, MD 20816
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Bio (click to expand)
Bill McCloskey is the retired Washington, D.C.-based Director of Media Relations for AT&T, formerly BellSouth Corp.
Before joining AT&T in 1987, Bill worked for 11 years with The Associated Press in Washington.
Bill's professional career started in 1961, when, as a high school junior, he took a summer newsroom job at Metromedia's WIP Radio in Philadelphia. He remained with Metromedia in Philadelphia until he was drafted into the Army upon graduation from Villanova University in 1966.
Ironically, the Army assigned him to the information office of the 1st Signal Brigade in Vietnam where he wrote press releases about the Army's telephone system.
Following his tour of duty, he was assigned by Metromedia to set up a news department for WASH FM in Washington. From 1968 until 1975, he worked as news director, network correspondent and TV news producer and writer for Metromedia in Washington.
Bill chairs the Radio and Television News Director’s Association Foundation’s annual fund-raising dinner. He is past president of the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and was the Society’s Region 2 director. He has been recognized three times with SPJ’s “President’s Award” for distinguished service to the Society.
Michael Koretzky
Florida Atlantic University
1110 Buttonwood Lane
Hollywood, FL 33019
(954) 923-9553
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Bio (click to expand)
Michael Koretzky was expelled from Boca Raton Academy in 1981, suspended from the University of Florida journalism school in 1989, fired from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in 1997, and brought up on charges of "malfeasance" and "misfeasance" at Florida Atlantic University in 2005.
He currently advises the FAU student newspaper and freelances, including a weekly copyediting gig for the supermarket tabloids Globe and Examiner.
His career highlights include an appearance on VH1 after Marilyn Manson threatened to kill him (for being the first to report his real name) and creating and selling two alternative magazines, one to the Sun-Sentinel and the other to the one-armed heir of the Listerine fortune. His volunteer highlights include hosting southfloridamediajobs.com and copyediting for South Florida's Homeless Voice, the nation's second-largest homeless newspaper — which he did, ironically, from home.
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