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TOP 10 REASONS TO JOIN SPJ CLEVELAND Career Services & Support... 2) The Society’s Foundation annually presents the $75,000 Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writers. The fellowship allows writers to increase their understanding of a particular subject so they can better serve the public. 3) The Society’s Mark of Excellence Awards recognizes outstanding college journalists at the regional and national levels. The national winners are honored at the Society’s National Convention. The Cleveland Pro Chapter annually awards the $4,000 Philip W. Porter Scholarship to a graduating high school senior planning to pursue journalism as a career. 4) The Pulliam/Kilgore First Amendment and Freedom of Information Internships are paid internships that offer students the opportunity to study, research and write about Freedom of Information issues. Journalism Advocacy... 6) SPJ’s Legal Defense Fund wages court battles across the country to secure First Amendment rights. The fund also supports state Freedom of Information hotlines, computer bulletin boards and organizations that resolve First Amendment conflicts before they require costly litigation. In 2003/2004 the Cleveland Pro Chapter counseled students at Wooster High School, resulting in a legal settlement that clarified the rights of students to publish their newspaper and required the school board to spell out a policy that would prohibit the superintendent from summarily confiscating the newspaper without consulting with the student editors. 7) Project Sunshine is the Society’s grass-roots
campaign to improve the ability of journalists and the public to obtain
access to government records and proceedings. The program surveys and
monitors newsrooms across the country, publishes guidelines and legal
advice for sunshine legislation and provides educational workshops and
seminars. Continuing Professional Education... 9) Professional development through events such as our Sharpen Your Skills workshops, designed to provide low cost, high impact training for all journalists. And
most important of all… You can join SPJ securely online with a credit card
by clicking here. To learn more, email SPJ Cleveland's 2010-11 Membership Committee Chair Carrie Buchanan by clicking here. Society of Professional Journalists
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