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Holly Edgell
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Holly Edgell is a Regional Editor for Patch in St. Louis.

She comes to the roster of SPJ Committee leaders with experience in journalism and academia. She worked as a newscast producer in Youngstown, Ohio, at WFMJ-TV and in Pittsburgh at WTAE-TV. Edgell's career later took her to Cleveland, where she worked as medical news producer at duopoly WOIO-TV and WUAB-TV, and to Detroit's WDIV-TV, where she worked as consumer news producer. Edgell spent more than four years as an assistant professor in Florida A&M University's journalism school.

Before joining Patch in 2010, Edgell was an assistant professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and the Emmy-award winning executive producer at KOMU-TV (NBC) in Columbia, MO. She also served as the adviser for the Missouri School of Journalism student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.

At age 21, Edgell was the first news director for Great Belize Television in Belize, where she was born. She helped launch “News 5,” the first independent (non-government) television news program to air in that country. Edgell earned a master's degree in journalism with a concentration in media management at Kent State University in Ohio. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University. In addition to memberships in SPJ and NABJ, Edgell is a member of the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). She has traveled extensively in Africa, Asia, North America and Europe and speaks Spanish.

In her spare time, Edgell coordinates training for journalists and aspiring journalists in Belize, in conjunction with the University of the West Indies, Open Campus.

She also writes fiction and had her short story, “The Means and the End,” published in Picayune Lit Review. Her story, “Heaven and the Deep Blue Sea” appears in two journals: Pisgah Lit Review and Dialogo.

College Membership Subcommittee Chair

Tara Puckey
PO Box 7144
Fishers, IN 46038
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Bio (click to expand) Tara Puckey owns tara puckey freelance, (tarapuckeyfreelance.com), a media company focused on military media, marketing and social media consulting. She is a graduate of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and served two years on the SPJ national board as a student representative. Puckey is also involved in the Woman's Press Club of Indiana and is a recipient of the Kate Milner Rabb Award and the Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award. She lives with her husband, Bryan, and two daughters, Alexa and Brooklyn, in Pendleton, Ind.

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Why Join SPJ?

Make a solid investment in yourself and your profession by joining the Society of Professional Journalists. Membership in SPJ is a rewarding experience that puts you at the forefront of industry happenings.

SPJ has been an industry leader for more than 100 years, and some of its activities may surprise you. Although your rights as a journalist are guaranteed under the First Amendment, the Society of Professional Journalists, both nationally and through local chapters, fights and wins battles for Freedom of Information and First Amendment rights that might not otherwise be fought at all. As a result of SPJ's grass-roots activism, we are able to address vital issues confronting today's working journalist.

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Attention journalism educators and students: Becoming a Collegiate Institutional Member in SPJ is one of the easiest ways your school can demonstrate to students (and parents) its commitment to producing the best journalists possible. Furthermore, it will help expose students to the nation’s largest and most broad-based membership organization for journalists — augmenting their experience and journalism education. Please encourage your school to join SPJ as a Collegiate Institutional Member. For more information, visit this page.