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May 2013
• SPJ News: Delaware student wins High School Essay Contest
• SPJ News: Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in San Antonio
• SPJ News: Board approves 3 Legal Defense Fund grants
• SPJ News: SPJ announces national Mark of Excellence Award winners

April 2013
• SPJ News: Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in St. Louis
• SPJ News: Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in St. Louis
• SPJ News: SPJ expresses concern for student media at Central Michigan
• SPJ News: Community college reverses action on student newspaper; SPJ approves
• SPJ News: Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in Norfolk
• SPJ News: Region 1 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced at Rutgers
• SPJ News: Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in Spokane, Wash.
• SPJ News: Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in Las Vegas
• SPJ News: Region 6 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in Minn.
• SPJ News: Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in N.M.
• Quill: Case Study: Naming Victims of Sex Crimes
• Quill: Case Study: The Pirates and the Press
• Quill: Ethics Case Studies
• Quill: What's Your Personal Code of Ethics?
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox
• SPJ News: Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in Oxford, Miss.
• SPJ News: Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced in Dayton, Ohio

March 2013
• SPJ News: Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced

February 2013
• SPJ News: SPJ president, president-elect write letter opposing treatment of FAMU journalists
• Quill: Five Tips for Journalists Doing Data Visualization
• Quill: The Tricky Business of Work-Life Balance
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Ethics Toolbox

December 2012
• Quill: A Journalism Career Still Worth Fighting For
• Quill: Is J-School Necessary? A View From Across the Pond
• Quill: Questioning the J-School Choice
• Quill: Your Journalism Career and Degree: Worth It?
• Quill: Digital Media Toolbox
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Ethics Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox

October 2012
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Words and Language Toolbox
• SPJ News: UW-Eau Claire alumna named SPJ Outstanding Graduate

September 2012
• SPJ News: Nine SPJ chapters recognized for exceptional programming
• SPJ News: Ithaca College named SPJ Outstanding Campus Chapter of the Year

August 2012
• SPJ News: SPJ president asks Red and Black chairman for further action
• SPJ News: Three organizations honored by SPJ with Sunshine Award
• SPJ News: University of Cincinnati professor named outstanding campus adviser
• SPJ News: Mike Hiestand receives SPJ First Amendment Award
• SPJ News: SPJ recognizes high school teacher for Distinguished Teaching in Journalism
• SPJ News: SPJ displeased with University of Memphis over student newspaper funding cuts
• Quill: We Own the Future of the News
• Quill: Chapter News
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Gen-J Toolbox
• Quill: Ten with Sally Jenkins

July 2012
• SPJ News: San Diego State student wins First Amendment award

June 2012
• Quill: Gen-J Toolbox

May 2012
• SPJ News: SPJ president voices concern over possible removal of college media adviser
• SPJ News: SPJ announces winners of the 2012 High School Essay Contest

April 2012
• SPJ News: Announcing winners of the 2011 national Mark of Excellence Awards for collegiate journalists
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 9 Mark of Excellence Winners
• Quill: Chapter News
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: FOI Toolbox
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 10 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 11 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 2 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 6 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 7 Mark of Excellence Winners

March 2012
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 1 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 3 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 4 Mark of Excellence Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2011 Region 8 Mark of Excellence Winners

February 2012
• Quill: 10 from Ten
• Quill: For Love of Community
• Quill: From the President
• Quill: Quill at 100
• Quill: Reflections from Wheat Country
• Quill: Digital Media Toolbox
• Quill: Diversity Toolbox
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Ethics Toolbox
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox
• Quill: Words and Language Toolbox

December 2011
• Quill: Convention News - 2011
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Mark Briggs on ‘Entrepreneurial Journalism’
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox
• Quill: Profiling the President
• Quill: When Bad is Good: 10 Improbable Champions of the First Amendment

October 2011
• Quill: Chapter News - Sept/Oct
• Quill: Member Profile: Barbara Ford
• Quill: Ten with Jesse Eisinger
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox

August 2011
• SPJ News: SPJ supports student newspaper and editor after University of Kentucky’s heavy-handed action
• SPJ News: SPJ honors campus chapters for national and regional excellence
• Quill: Diversity Toolbox
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Global Toolbox
• Quill: Ten with Stephanie McMillan
• SPJ News: SPJ honors three individuals, one newspaper with Sunshine Award

June 2011
• SPJ News: SUNY student awarded First Amendment Award
• SPJ News: SPJ names The Working Press staff for the Excellence in Journalism 2011 conference
• Quill: And the Shutter Stood Still
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Member Profile - Shannon Farhoud
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox

May 2011
• SPJ News: SPJ announces winners of the 2011 High School Essay Contest
• SPJ News: Announcing winners of the 2010 national Mark of Excellence Awards for collegiate journalists
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 11 Mark of Excellence Award Winners

April 2011
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 1 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 10 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 2 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 7 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 8 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 9 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• Quill: Gone But Not Forgotten: Ethics Guidelines From Phil Record
• Quill: Digital Media Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 4 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• Quill: Ten - with Fake AP Stylebook Founders

March 2011
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2010 Region 12 Mark of Excellence Award Winners

February 2011
• Quill: 10 Steps For Any News Startup
• Quill: Digital Media/Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Ethics Toolbox
• Quill: Grow Online: Protect Your Content
• Quill: Ideas Need Innovation; News Needs Innovators
• Quill: Narrative Writing Toolbox
• Quill: So You Think You Can Freelance?
• Quill: Special Section: Journalism Entrepreneurship
• Quill: Ten - with Ken Rudin
• Quill: What Makes For A Good Grant Proposal?

December 2010
• SPJ News: Journalism and First Amendment groups ask Tarleton State to stop stifling open records
• SPJ News: SPJ president urges AP to continue internship programs
• Quill: From the President
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Sunrise, Sunset
• Quill: What the Patch?

November 2010
• SPJ News: Call for entries announced for annual Mark of Excellence Awards competition for collegiate journalism

October 2010
• Quill: From the Outgoing President
• Quill: Diversity Toolbox
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: Where are the Watchdogs?

September 2010
• SPJ News: SPJ honors campus chapters for national and regional excellence

August 2010
• SPJ News: Richard Hendrickson honored with 2010 Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award
• Quill: From the President
• Quill: Member Profile - Richard Roth
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Freelance Toolbox
• Quill: Words & Language Toolbox

July 2010
• SPJ News: SPJ honors Michele Boyet with Robert D.G. Lewis First Amendment Award

June 2010
• SPJ News: SPJ urges Florida Atlantic University administration to lift threats against student press
• SPJ News: SPJ names The Working Press staff for the 2010 National Convention
• Quill: Downsized but not Struck Out
• Quill: Job Advice to Young Sportswriters
• Quill: Journalists to Follow
• Quill: Journalists to Follow (Part 2)

May 2010
• SPJ News: SPJ condemns censorship of Wyoming newspapers
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2009 Mark of Excellence national winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2009 Region 11 Mark of Excellence Award Winners

April 2010
• SPJ News: SPJ announces the winners of the 2010 High School Essay Contest
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2009 Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ is outraged by police raid of student newspaper in Virginia

March 2010
• Quill: Diversity Toolbox
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Freelance Toolbox
• Quill: Gen J Toolbox
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2009 Region 2 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2009 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ speaks out against censorship of student newspaper in Wentzville, Mo.

February 2010
• Quill: Eastern Kentucky chapter hosts environmental journalism conference
• Quill: From the President
• Quill: Quill Feature: When It All Pays Off

January 2010
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Ten - with Charles Sennott
• SPJ News: SPJ urges Illinois court to quash subpoena of former student journalists

December 2009
• Quill: Quill Feature: The Eternal Optimists
• Quill: Chapter News Briefs

November 2009
• SPJ News: SPJ supports Fairfield University student newspaper over controversial column

October 2009
• Quill: Kentucky chapters host program on Rick Pitino rape allegations
• Quill: Conducting FOI Audits on Campus
• Quill: FERPA Foibles
• Quill: President's Column

August 2009
• Quill: Generation J Toolbox
• Quill: ABC News opens campus bureaus
• Quill: Blurring the line
• Quill: Member Profile: Taylor Mirfendereski
• Quill: Small Fry
• Quill: States may pull public notices from newspapers
• Quill: Survey of J-school graduates finds slumping job prospects
• SPJ News: Survey of J-school graduates finds slumping job prospects
• SPJ News: Survey of job market for recent J-school graduates to be released this afternoon

July 2009
• Quill: Education Toolbox
• Quill: Member Profile: America Arias

May 2009
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2008 Mark of Excellence Awards National Winners
• SPJ News: Winners of 2009 High School Essay Contest
• Quill: Landing a job in today’s economy

April 2009
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 1 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners

March 2009
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 6 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners
• SPJ News: Announcing 2008 Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards Winners

November 2008
• SPJ News: Call for entries announced for annual Mark of Excellence Awards competition for student journalism

September 2008
• SPJ News: SPJ Sends Letter to Quinnipiac President Expressing Extreme Concern

August 2008
• Quill: Learning ethics as a second language
• SPJ News: SPJ honors campus chapters for excellence
• SPJ News: SPJ honors Breanne Coats with Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award
• SPJ News: SPJ honors Elvia Malagon with Robert D.G. Lewis First Amendment Award
• SPJ News: SPJ honors Kathleen Wickham with David L. Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award
• SPJ News: SPJ Honors Lydia Chavez with Distinguished Teaching Award
• SPJ News: SPJ Honors Robert Faturechi, Teri Henning and Laurie Roberts with Sunshine Awards
• Quill: Career: Degrees should serve some life skills on the side
• Quill: Gen J: Some essentials are only learned on the job
• Quill: Global: Here or there, media training is everywhere
• Quill: Miami Matchmaker

July 2008
• Quill: A free press comes with responsibility
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders: Dick Morris just doesn't get it

June 2008
• SPJ News: SPJ to host Narrative Writing Workshop in Richmond, Va.
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders express disappointment in First Amendment violation in Miami
• SPJ News: SPJ to host Ethnic Media Training in Idaho

May 2008
• SPJ News: SPJ to host Citizen Journalism Academy in Greensboro, N.C.
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2008 High School Essay Contest scholarship winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Mark of Excellence Award National Winners

April 2008
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 1 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders pleased with Democratic hopefuls’ support of a federal shield law
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 11 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 9 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders pleased with Sen. John McCain’s support of a federal shield law
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders second Phoenix chapter in condemning editor’s use of racial slur
• Reading Room: Solo journalism advice
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 7 Mark of Excellence Award Winners

March 2008
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 10 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 12 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 2 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 8 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists appoint Scott Maben to national board
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2007 Region 4 Mark of Excellence Award Winners

February 2008
• Reading Room: Gannett-owned student newspapers: An update

January 2008
• SPJ News: Letter of support to Montclarion editors and staff
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders send letter of support to Montclarion editors amid SGA freezing paper’s funding
• Quill: Life balance is the key to avoiding burnout
• SPJ News: Entry deadline approaching for SPJ’s annual student Mark of Excellence Awards
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders pleased over FOIA bill signing

December 2007
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders commend passage of amended FOIA bill in House
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders endorse letter supporting Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007
• SPJ News: Call for entries announced for SPJ’s New America Award

November 2007
• SPJ News: Call for entries announced for annual Sigma Delta Chi Awards competition
• Quill: Seven strategies for getting bylines
• SPJ News: Call for entries announced for annual Mark of Excellence Awards competition
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders applaud chapter advocacy efforts
• SPJ News: SDX Foundation gives $20,000 to Oakland journalism collaboration

October 2007
• SPJ News: Society of Professional Journalists, National Arab American Journalists Association join forces
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders call FEMA-staged news briefing an abuse of public trust
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders praise House Representatives for passing the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
• SPJ News: SPJ leaders commend House vote of H.R. 2102, call upon representatives’ support for passing
• SPJ News: Media Bloggers Association president addresses changes to media landscape
• SPJ News: NBC News president to discuss Virginia Tech massacre
• SPJ News: SPJ honors Betsy F. Ashton with 2007 Wells Memorial Key Award
• SPJ News: Washington Post editor speaks about future of the news business
• SPJ News: Watergate legends discuss historical media event during 2007 SPJ convention
• SPJ News: Baghdad bureau chief discusses war during Q&A with veteran press corps reporter Helen Thomas
• SPJ News: Panel debates need for federal shield law that would protect journalists, sources
• SPJ News: USA Today editor says journalists must teach public about the duty of the press
• SPJ News: White House press reporters debunk lap dog myth

September 2007
• SPJ News: Society of Professional Journalists honors campus chapters for excellence
• SPJ News: SPJ Honors The Seattle Times, The Connecticut Network and Bill Chamberlin With Sunshine Awards
• SPJ News: SPJ honors Ashlee Clark with Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award
• SPJ News: SPJ Honors Ralph Izard With Distinguished Teaching Award
• SPJ News: SPJ Honors Rick Brunson with David L. Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award
• SPJ News: Chuck Stone Honored With Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award
• SPJ News: Media blogging expert to discuss relationships between journalists, bloggers at the 2007 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference

August 2007
• Reading Room: Converging Curriculum: Finding the Niche
• Quill: Education reporting reveals shocking stories
• Quill: Generous student chapter gets more than it bargained for
• Quill: Journalists discuss life in newsrooms abroad
• Quill: Make diversity a curriculum core
• Quill: Preparing students for the newsroom
• Quill: Reporting on Disabilities: Putting People First
• Quill: The benefits of international media partnerships
• Quill: The Web's Hidden Gems
• Reading Room: Journalism Education goes global in Singapore
• SPJ News: SPJ commends committee’s approval of Federal Shield Law

July 2007
• Reading Room: Serbian/Albanian Journalism Training Experiences

May 2007
• Reading Room: SPJ Profile: Croatian journalist and professor Dorde Obradovic
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Mark of Excellence Award National Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ announces 2007 high school essay contest scholarship winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 11 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• Reading Room: Federal shield would protect public's right to know

April 2007
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 1 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 4 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 7 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: Josh Wolf freed from federal prison, SPJ leaders are pleased
• Quill: SPJ always working to improve ethics
• Quill: Ten: Rick Bragg
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 12 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 2 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 8 Mark of Excellence Award Winners

March 2007
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 10 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 9 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• Reading Room: Teaching at an all-female university in Dubai poses serious challenges
• SPJ News: SPJ Announces 2006 Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award Winners
• SPJ News: SPJ letter praises Sen. Susan Garrett for Senate Bill 729 introduction
• SPJ News: Letter to Susan Garrett, Re: Senate Bill 729
• Quill: Balancing early career decisions and personal life no easy task
• Quill: Bridging the generation gap
• Quill: Eliminate 10 common grammar problems
• Quill: Procrastination: The death of opportunity

February 2007
• SPJ News: SPJ defends jailed journalist at rally
• Quill: Naked men get hype, but little respect

January 2007
• SPJ News: SPJ, Student Press Law Center partner to support Grambling State journalism students

December 2006
• Quill: Alice in Journalism
• Quill: Be it print or Web, we must always think like storytellers
• Quill: Descriptive language can paint wrong picture
• Quill: How to be a multimedia superhero
• Quill: Make your point; don’t back into a sentence
• Quill: Pioneer puts digital concepts to work
• Quill: Student makes mark covering national stories
• Quill: The ever-evolving newspaper
• Quill: The Whole Picture

October 2006
• Reading Room: A few observations to help grads adjust to real world
• Reading Room: Asking the right questions about benefits and salaries
• Reading Room: Bad Career Habits: Why Great People Have Not-So-Great Careers
• Reading Room: Beat Guide: Your first beat
• Reading Room: Do You Know Your Market Value?
• Reading Room: Editor Offers Tips for Those Considering Jump to Big Time
• Reading Room: Editors, call professors to get scoop on recent grads
• Reading Room: How to be an ‘A-List’ Employee or Candidate
• Reading Room: Keeping Score: Sportswriting and Journalism Education at Berkeley
• Reading Room: Reading, Writing & Reality: Will Your Next Job be Online?
• Reading Room: So you want to be a reporter? Here are a few ideas to consider
• Reading Room: What journalism classes missed
• Reading Room: What students can do to be more valuable in the job market
• Reading Room: Work in graduate school defines career path