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Region 2 Director

Andy Schotz

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Bio (click to expand) Andy Schotz was a city editor for The Frederick News-Post in Frederick, Md., for about 19 months until he was laid off on April 17, 2017.

He has been an SPJ member since 2002 and has held various positions on the Washington, D.C., Pro chapter board, including three consecutive one-year terms as president.

He served on the SPJ Ethics Committee from 2004 to 2011, including three years as chairman.

Schotz ran unsuccessfully for at-large director on the national SPJ board in 2012. The following year, he ran unopposed for Region 2 director.

He is a frequent SPJ contest judge (D.C. Pro Dateline Awards, SDX, Mark of Excellence, Green Eyeshade, high school essay) and has twice coordinated Region 2's Mark of Excellence contest.

He joined the SPJ Awards & Honors Committee in 2013 and helped work on a national survey seeking feedback about the MOE contest. He is currently the committee's chairman.

Before joining The Frederick News-Post in 2015, he was an editor at The Gazette, a chain of weekly papers, in Montgomery County, Md. He was there for almost 2 1/2 years before The Gazette folded in June 2015.

Schotz worked for eight years as a reporter and editor at The Altamont Enterprise, a weekly paper in upstate New York, then 13 years as a reporter for The Herald-Mail, a daily paper in Hagerstown, Md.

He is on the board of directors of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors.

Lynsey Jeffery, Assistant Region 2 Director

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District of Columbia

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Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter
President: Jonathan Make
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Dues: $25

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Georgetown University
Adviser: Gina Garcia
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Maryland

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Maryland Pro Chapter
President: Anna Walsh
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Dues: $10

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Salisbury University
Adviser: Jennifer Cox
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Towson University
Adviser: Joanne Broadwater
410-215-4547
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University of Maryland
Adviser: Sue Kopen Katcef
Director of Broadcast News
College of Journalism
College Park, MD 20742
Work telephone: 301-405-7526
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Dues: $20

North Carolina

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Greater Charlotte Pro
Contact: Keith Cannon
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North Carolina Pro
President: Annette Newell
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Dues: $10

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Appalachian State University
Adviser: Gregory Perreault
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Dues: $15

Elon University
Adviser: Dr. Anthony Hatcher
Campus Box 2850
Elon, NC 27244
336-278-5774
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High Point University
Dr. Bobby Hayes
Assistant Professor of Communications
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Western Carolina University
Katerina Spasovka
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Virginia

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Virginia Pro Chapter
President: Robyn Sidersky
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Dues: $15

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George Mason University
Advisers: Jason Hartsel and Kathryn Mangus
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James Madison University
Adviser: Mike Grundmann
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Radford University
Adviser: John Hopkins
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Adviser: Jeff South and Tim Bajkiewicz
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804-827-0253
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Virginia Tech
Adviser: Jenn Burleson Mackay
121 Shanks Hall
Mail Code 0311
Blacksburg, VA 24061
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Washington & Lee University
Adviser: Kevin Finch
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Region 2 Director

Andy Schotz

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