Fellowship! The JAWS @womenjournos Health Fellowship trains early-career journalists on how to cover important health topics to inform their audiences.
Info and application here: https://t.co/s7Z3JCuvY7
Heads up, our next investigation publishes tomorrow. @NPRMidwestNews dug deeper into the intersection between housing and education in the Midwest. You'll be surprised at what we found. In the meantime, I'm entering pre-publish mode. In other words...
Members: check your inboxes! The SPJ election has begun, and if you are a member, you should have a ballot waiting for you. Check out our blog or the SPJ website for further details and information about the candidates. This is a critical time for SPJ; let your voice be heard!
When it comes to AI & elections, democracy itself is at stake. Join @zseward of @nytimes, @reetuquero of @PolitFact & @EricWishart of @AFP for this important online panel discussion at 5 pm EDT, 9/4/24 by @spj_tweets' media ethics committee. Register here https://t.co/jN8isPGNu6
A Friday in the Great Midwest means it's time for my weekly 🧵of notable work from our @NPRMidwestNews partners. 1/7
Up first: Iowa's new "heartbeat" law could have ripple effects across the region | @natalie_krebs@IowaPublicRadio & @SideEffectsNews
https://t.co/TLaI8SrxYe
At this fire last night and neighborhood kids asked if I was going to give my evidence to the news. Explained that I was the news. Then they wanted to be on the 'video', like Chicago Fire. Said I was only taking photos. Sorry kids.
SPJ urges the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn a lower court order against @MSTODAYnews.
"Without journalists, citizens are kept in the dark, giving those in power no accountability and freedom to abuse that power," said SPJ President @AshantiBlaize. https://t.co/mTfGLX769p
Really cool job: The Washington Post is starting a narrative investigations team. Storytelling and accountability reporting do not have to be kept separate! https://t.co/jwpQ41EY2W
@spj_tweets@aboltonreports @LesRangelonFox7 @katikokal Our sympathies to the journalists laid off from RFT. The link below is @spj_tweets resources for laid off journalists. We also post jobs and a freelancer directory on our website - if you have an opening, please contact us so we can post it. Good luck! https://t.co/tNK6Mr5ATX
For journalists who have been laid off, SPJ Mental Task Force chair @aboltonreports, @LesRangelonFox7, Patricia Whitehouse and @katikokal have put together a video that goes over a variety of resources: https://t.co/mtdlUq945r
Another newspaper in the Midwest bites the dust. For now. @kavahnmansouri jumped in to help @stlpublicradio report this developing story about @RiverfrontTimes. https://t.co/wN5z3OgvpF
As more layoffs are being announced, a reminder that SPJ has put together a webpage with resources for journalists who have been laid off. There are links to community aid, mental health resources, job boards and more. https://t.co/jj0vMS2YBD