Events
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR COURTS/LEGAL REPORTING WORKSHOP
June 22, 2010
CONTACT: Dorohn A. Frazier; dfrazier@flabar.org
The Florida Bar
TELEPHONE: (850) 561-5764
The 21st Annual Florida Bar Reporters' Workshop will be held Sept. 20-21 in Tallahassee. This intensive two-day event is designed for 24 print, TV and radio journalists new to the courts and legal beats, or new to Florida. The workshop is presented by The Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee and will be held at the Florida Supreme Court Building.
Workshop scholarships, provided by a grant from The Florida Bar Foundation, cover two nights' hotel accommodations and workshop meals. Travel expenses and any incidentals are the responsibility of the participant or the participant's employer.
Reporters attending will learn about legal reporting and covering the state courts from lawyers, judges and other experienced journalists. Topics will include: covering high-profile cases, public records and Florida's open government laws, the foreclosure crisis, libel law and defamation, legal issues of reporting via social media, lawyer regulation and legal resources on the Internet. Additionally there will be luncheon speakers on timely topics, a tour of the Florida Supreme Court and an evening reception and dinner on the 22nd floor of the Capitol with the Supreme Court Justices.
Nominations must be made by editors, publishers or news directors and include information on the journalist's background, current assignments and contact information.
Please send nominations for receipt by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, to Dorohn A. Frazier at The Florida Bar by e-mail (dfrazier@flabar.org), fax (850-561-5733) or mail to 651 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee, FL 32399. The selection process will be completed by mid-August and those selected for participation will be notified by e-mail.
SPJ South Florida and the Florida College Press Association (FCPA) are hosting this Labor Day weekend called “Will Write for Food.”
May 9, 2010
SPJ South Florida and the Florida College Press Association (FCPA) are hosting this Labor Day weekend called “Will Write for Food.” They will select student writers, photographers, designers and multimedia journalists to help take over a homeless newspaper.
SPJ and FCPA student members can receive travel money to South Florida over Labor Day weekend, where they'll eat for free and stay for free at a hotel only a couple of miles from the ocean. In exchange, they'll work in a homeless shelter, seizing editorial control of the nation's second-largest homeless newspaper -– The Homeless Voice.
Check out last year’s program: www.spjchapters.org/southflorida/homeless
It's a hell of a clip and a great war story for a job or internship interview. Last year, one student had his report picked up by CNN.
This program is for students in all of SPJ's Region 3, which covers Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. Please forward this to students you know who may be interested. We are also accepting applications from recent graduates.
Applications are due June 1.: http://www.spjchapters.org/southflorida/homeless2010/apply.html
Any questions? Just holler. Thanks for spreading the word to your students and friends!
Michele Boyet
SPJ Region 3 Assistant Director
FCPA Vice President
SPJ South Florida Pro Chapter Marketing Chair
E-mail: mboyet@gmail.com
Cell: 561.635.6255
2009 Florida Awards of Excellence Results Announced
February 10, 2010
Congratulations to all the winners of this year's competition! View the winners here: PDF
FLORIDA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE UPDATE:
January 20, 2010
Contest results will be announced in early February. They will be posted to the web site, and winners will receive their awards by mail.
Thank you to all who participated.