Gone are the days of filing your story at day’s end. Today’s journalists are responsible for producing online content in addition to their print or broadcast work. And today’s savviest journalists go a step further – filing stories as they happen via Twitter.
Learn how you can improve your “live coverage” skills at SPJ’s “Tweet It Now: Real-time Reporting via Twitter” workshop on Thursday, Feb. 16.
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Guest speaker Rick Itzkowich, the author of Social Networking for Business Profits, will discuss how to get the most out of the social media site LinkedIn this Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the U-T San Diego auditorium off the main lobby. The event is free for Press Club members and U-T San Diego staff and $10 for everyone else.
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The Society of Professional Journalists is excited to announce that the 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Awards are open for entry until Feb. 9. Among the premiere prizes awarded to professional journalists, the SDX Awards recognize the best in U.S. professional journalism from print, online, art/graphics, newsletters, television, radio and journalism research.
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SPJ members are invited to join with other journalists for a special dinner and interview event with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges at the Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University on Tuesday, February 28.
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