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October 2, 2023

Deadline approaching for the NPF Innovative Storytelling Award

The deadline is approaching for the Innovative Story Award, an award given by the National Press Foundation. The award recognizes digital journalism in the matter which changes how stories are told. The deadline is Monday, Oct. 2 and the winner would receive a $5,000 cash prize.

You can learn more and enter here: https://nationalpress.org/awards/innovative-storytelling-award/

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Contact: Anne Godlasky

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October 2, 2023

Deadline for National Press Association Awards

The deadline for the National Press Association Awards is not too far away. Work that was published or broadcast between Sept. 30, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023 is eligible. Nominations must be submitted by Oct. 2nd, with the exception of the AARP Award for Excellence in Journalism on Aging, whose deadline is Oct. 16th.

You can learn more and enter here: https://nationalpress.org/newsfeed/apply-for-npfs-annual-awards-by-oct-2/

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Contact: Jason Zaragoza

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October 11, 2023, 7:00 pm Eastern (U.S.)

SPJ Freelance Community Monthly Board Meeting - October

The SPJ Freelance Community will hold its monthly board meeting tonight from 7-8:30pm ET.

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Contact: Stacie Overton Johnson

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October 12, 2023

2023 AccessFest

AccessFest is IRE’s annual virtual-by-design conference. The two-and-a-half-day event will take place online. The conference, previously branded as the DBEI Symposium, will expand on IRE’s efforts to provide more accessible training centered on belonging, equity, and inclusion in the newsroom and through better news coverage of inequities in the communities journalists serve. AccessFest will also feature data classes and more traditional investigative reporting panels that are typically seen at NICAR, the data journalism conference, and the IRE Conference. Participants must be current members of IRE. Discounts and fellowships are available.

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Contact: IRE

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October 17, 2023, 3:30 pm Eastern (U.S.)

Dedication of VOA as a Historic Site in Journalism

The Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC will be designated as a historic site in journalism today. The honor, under SPJ's Historic Sites program, was announced last October. A ceremony will be held in person beginning at 3:30pm ET at the VOA's headquarters.

You can read more about the Historic Sites honor and the program here: https://www.spj.org/news.asp?ref=1906

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Contact: SPJ International Community

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October 24, 2023, 7:00 pm Eastern (U.S.)

Freelance Community Event - How to Find and Win Fellowships and Grants as a Freelancer

SPJ's Freelance Community will hold an event tonight from 7-8:30pm ET on How to Find and Win Fellowships and Grants as a Freelancer.

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Contact: Stacie Overton Johnson

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November 15, 2023, 7:00 pm Eastern (U.S.)

SPJ Freelance Community Monthly Board Meeting - November

SPJ Freelance Community will hold its Monthly Board Meeting today from 7-8:30pm ET.

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Contact: Stacie Overton Johnson

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April 7, 2024

Nomination Deadline: SPJ Fellows of the Society

This recognition honors journalists who have made an extraordinary contribution to the profession. Honorees must agree to attend the SPJ Conference. Nominations are open to anyone in the journalism community.

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Contact: SPJ Awards

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As a journalist, you’re being required to do your job in a way you’ve likely never had to do it before — working remotely from home, conducting interviews virtually, juggling homeschooling children and taking care of elderly parents while still putting out the news every day. It’s stressful. It’s full of uncertainty. And SPJ joins together with journalism organizations everywhere to help you through this.

Here, you will find tools to help you do your job, continue your professional development — and take care of yourself — as we all navigate this together.

– Check our calendar of events — a centralized location for the latest journalism webinars and e-learning offerings from ALL our journalism friends and partners during the COVID-19 crisis.

– Obtain all the information you need to sign up for webinars related to covering the coronavirus pandemic, how to effectively and efficiently work from home, how to conduct a Zoom meeting and most importantly, how to take care of your physical and mental health during this uncertain time — and much more.

– Is your organization hosting a webinar you think would be of interest to journalists? Submit the details here and we’ll help spread the word!

Questions? Email us. On behalf of everyone at SPJ, thank you for all the hard work you continue to do under these difficult and unprecedented circumstances.