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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Covert Propaganda, Shield law justification, Kentucky heartbreak Read More
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Training for Citizen Journalists Read More
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Free to freelance, Get interviewed, Learn what’s new Read More
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Celebrate Ethics Week Read More
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Starbucks card! Be like Howard, Work abroad Read More
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Survey Says, Election Coverage, Events Galore! Read More
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Celebrate Responsible Reporting, Supporting Our Own Read More
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Spreading Sunshine, State of the Media, Programs Abound! Read More
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Advocacy For Toni, No Horsin’ Around, Upcoming Programs Read More
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Wiki-winners, reporter protection Read More
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Shine the light; First Amendment lawsuit Read More
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Citizen journalism, cultural exchange, legal support Read More
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Give back, national awards, spring training Read More
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Lost alums, found money and sought-after awards Read More
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Lost alums, found money and sought-after awards Read More
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sticking Up for Students, Get Recognized, Cool Gigs Read More
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Utah Shield Rule Victory, War Spin, Standing Tall Read More
Thursday, January 17, 2008
J-Victories, Spreading Sunshine, Awards and Happenings Read More
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Cloudy Days, Awards Abound Read More
Thursday, January 03, 2008
FOIA Reform, Tragic Year Read More
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SPJ Leads Contributors
Pierce Presley
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Born into two teachers' professional poverty in Arkansas, Pierce Presley soon learned to love words, math, explosions, contact sports and computers, and his life has been a learning process. Somehow he missed the loving authority part though. After high school, he took a stab at college, where he learned he did not want to be an engineer, and then joined the Marine Corps on the theory that if it didn't kill him, it would make him stronger. After more trouble, earning a Good Conduct Medal by a mere 15 days, and topping out at Lance Corporal, he went back to college to become a storyteller, and chose the crack cocaine of storytelling: journalism. Around this time he joined SPJ, because it meant he could drive ridiculously long distances and learn from journalism greats while hyped on coffee. After graduating, he joined the staff of the Benton County Daily Record in Bentonville, Ark., home of Wal-Mart. He learned a lot from his peers and editors and enjoyed the heck out of being a part of a 14K paper that regularly beat the pants of a regional and a statewide, but his wife wanted to finish her degree in less than a decade, and so they moved. There he temporarily joined the Little Rock bureau of the Associated Press and learned an absolute ton, but the financial woes of 2001 put the journalism job market in the toilet, and he spent a year unemployed and had his first child. He then joined Arkansas Educational Television and became a threefer: a publicist, a television person and a government employee. Fourteen months later he left to concentrate on getting his master's in journalism from the University of Memphis through an online program and recovering his sanity--oh, and to have his second child out of work. He has since worked as a copy editor and learned a new respect for that strange breed, a teacher of home- and hospital-bound children and remembered why he isn't a teacher, and lately has been temping as a graphic designer and desktop publisher in the Maryland suburbs of DC where he now lives. He is trying to change schools and finish the master's that wouldn't die, get a freelance career going amid his personal chaos and/or find a permanent gig in the only job he loves, or loves him: journalism. His personal Web site is randompiercings.com.
Willie Schatz
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Willie has been writing professionally for three decades. After graduating Georgetown University Law Center in 1973, he practiced law for four years before succumbing to the journalism virus that had been stalking him since birth. Since coming to his senses, he's covered business and technology for The Washington Post, sports for The New York Daily News, The Miami News and the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call, and the computer industry for more publications than there is space here to name. Willie is also an editor, a publisher and an international executive writing coach. In the few New York minutes when he's not pedagogically consumed as an instructor in Legal Writing and Business Writing in the University of Maryland’s Professional Writing Program, he covers Washington for several science policy publications. He also fulfills his commitment to one of his myriad causes as an officer and a director of the Washington DC Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, which he joined to give something back to the profession that has given him so much. Willie’s colleagues have recognized his work through a Computer Press Association News Story of the Year award and two Jesse H. Neal Awards for Editorial Achievement.
Christine Tatum
Infoition News Services, Inc.
Cell: 303/881-8702
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Christine Tatum is editor-in-chief of Infoition News Services, Inc., an innovative company that delivers highly customized news and information around the clock and on demand to world leaders, including White House officials, congressional lawmakers, Fortune 500 companies and high-profile law firms and nonprofit organizations. Tatum oversees Infoition's content department, staffed by more than 60 reporters and researchers, and leads the development of new editorial services. She has worked as a reporter and editor, covering technology and various industries, for The Denver Post and Chicago Tribune. Tatum served as SPJ's 2006-07 national president.
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