Recently added articles from The Quill:
Our profession is not dying, it's just changing
Dec 01, 2008; ... This summer, as I was about to become president, the staff asked me to travel to St. Petersburg, FIa., in November to speak to SPJ's Reporter's Institute. "Sounds great, I will be there," I said cheerfully. Then they told me the topic they would like me to address: the state of the industry ....
Ireland native brings sunshine to Utah, U.S.
Dec 01, 2008; ... Linda Petersen thinks her first question as a child was "Why?" Combine that inquisitive spirit with a gift for writing and a love of language, and you have the recipe for a perfect career: journalism. As a writer, editor and community newspaper owner in Utah, Petersen has a unique ...
Western Washington Pro sponsors continuing education
Dec 01, 2008; ... Throughout October and November, the Western Washington Pro Chapter hosted five weekly workshops aimed at strengthening the new media skills of journalists. The workshops were part of the chapter's third annual Fall Continuing Education Series, held at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, one ...
Arkansas SPJ satirizes politicians and media
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Northwest Arkansas Pro Chapter took a break from the newsroom in early October to raise funds, and plenty of laughs, for local scholarships. "It's the Comedy, Stupid" was the title of the 2008 Northwest Arkansas Gridiron Show. Topics of the two-act musical included newsmakers of the ...
Colorado Pro does cocktails, bowling & poetry for good cause
Dec 01, 2008; ... It was a fun night in Denver as the Colorado Pro Chapter hosted bowling, cocktails, pizza and poetry in October as a fundraiser for a charitable organization. The evening featured Michelle ...
Long Island press ponder future of local media
Dec 01, 2008; ... In September, the Press Club of Long Island, a chapter of SPJ in New York, showcased to dozens of journalists the future of local news media. Panelists included editors from Newsday and the Long Island Business News as well as the ...
Farthest North Chapter hosts veteran journalist
Dec 01, 2008; ... SPJ members in Alaska took a break in late October from the media frenzy surrounding Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Ted Stevens to hear from well-traveled journalist Robert Meyerowitz. The chapter co-sponsored a free public lecture with Meyerowitz titled "Can You See the Real Me? Covering Politics ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dec 01, 2008; ... SPJ REPORT To the editor: The September cover story, License To Conceal, is a clear example of irresponsibility by Quill and those SPJ members who approve of sensationalism in journalism. Public records should be utilized by reporters to serve public purposes, not ...
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Dec 01, 2008; ... "Hot Off the Press" highlights recently released books that are aimed at hot media issues. "GOD AND COUNTRY - AMERICA IN RED AND BLUE" "God and Country" addresses the culture war divisions in American society and attempts to lead us to a new formulation for civil discourse ....
THE FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS
Dec 01, 2008; ... PERHAPS WE COULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE BOONDOCKS As fate would have it, I'm writing this piece from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where I'm doing a photo shoot for the Christian Children's Fund. An African Third World country might seem a strange jumping off point for a commentary on ...
The Media Machine
Dec 01, 2008; ... Akiko lchihara of Japanese TV had been there since 5 a.m. Aleasha Sandly of the Anderson Herald Bulletin got there around 9:15. Kerry Lynch, a student at Indiana University, had been there an hour. These are just three examples of the plethora of reporters who covered the ...
HOW DOES WIKIPEDIA MEASURE UP?
Dec 01, 2008; ... Quill put the popular online resource to the test. Wikipedia, a user-edited, free online encyclopedia, is a major resource for journalists, students, researchers, writers, casual readers - but because anyone can edit the content, the common mantra when perusing its content is, "Don't ...
Think Outside The Newsroom
Dec 01, 2008; ... There can be more to journalism than newspapers, radio, TV and consumer magazines. And amid all the layoffs and buyouts, that's a nice fact to keep in mind. Media sources outside of the mainstream sometimes teeter between fantasy and reporting or entertainment and public relations, but there are ...
Cheer up, freelancers
Dec 01, 2008; ... The economy may be on life support, but your career can survive When the stock market recently hit a shocking low, I received a call from a friend whose income hovers just above the poverty line. "I can truly say I've never been so happy to have absolutely nothing to lose," she ...
Educating the Educators
Dec 01, 2008; ... There's a new push to aim First Amendment educational efforts at high school principals and administrators. The rationale: If school leaders aren't convinced of the value of incorporating the First Amendment into their school cultures, journalism teachers and media advisers will likely ...
Naughty and nice, and bowl games' proper names
Dec 01, 2008; ... Two topics I've had in the back of my mind are worth pulling out now. Both are timely for the end of the year. First, though, a look back. The Ethics Committee hears from people inside and outside journalism throughout the year. Some merely vent, usually about a publication or ...
Tips for landing a job
Dec 01, 2008; ... I must have done something right at my first interview after college, because I landed the job. But when I tried to move to a larger news outlet, I crashed and burned. The kind hiring manager took the time to explain why I wasn't chosen, in hopes that I'd improve as a journalist and as an ...
Public's business is public
Dec 01, 2008; ... Ask to see officials' e-mails even if they were produced on personal machines News that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and some of her aides had routinely used their private Yahoo! e-mail accounts to conduct state business renewed concerns that government officials are transacting public ...
Thrill of victory, agony of defeat
Dec 01, 2008; ... The personal stories at the heart of sports bring out some of the best writing in journalism. The reporters of the following stories use active verbs, vivid nouns and sentence rhythms to craft strong images and a wide range of moods. We can all learn from them. Humor "Eat, drink ...
Looking for new angles in campus news
Dec 01, 2008; ... On a recent Sunday night in November, fans filled Nippert Stadium on the University of Cincinnati campus. Across a cobblestone street, eight of the independent, student-run newspapers' editors braced themselves for a long deadline night. Just two days earlier, the UC Bearcat football ...