FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

6/16/14

Contacts:

John Ensslin, Studio SPJ Committee Chair, 973.513.5632, damon_runyon@hotmail.com

Taylor Carlier, SPJ Communications Coordinator, 317.920.4785, tcarlier@spj.org

INDIANAPOLIS -- Join us at 12 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 17 for the live broadcast of Studio SPJ. This broadcast will cover programs that will occur at the upcoming Excellence in Journalism Conference, which will take place Sept. 4-6 in Nashville, Tenn., at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

Two of the coordinators for EIJ14 will be guests on this broadcast and will give listeners a preview of the programs that will take place at this year’s convention. These guests will be Amy Tardif, station and news manager for WGCU in Fort Myers, Florida and Scott Leadingham, SPJ's director of education and the editor of Quill Magazine.

EIJ14 is a collaboration of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio Television Digital News Association.

Have a question about the conference? You can call into the live, 30-minute program and ask by dialing 347-857-2441 or you can email your questions to program host John Ensslin at damon_runyon@hotmail.com.

Studio SPJ is an Internet radio program that features conversations with journalists on topics of interest to the profession. Follow this link to listen to the broadcast live at 12 p.m. EDT on June 17, or click on it later to hear it as a podcast.

Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press. For more information about SPJ, please visit http://www.spj.org/.

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