Our fourth annual conference at the University of Oregon
This year on Saturday, Oct. 9, with a bonus hands-on program Oct. 10, please sign up to join SPJ, with Investigative Reporters and Editors, for programs geared to the future of the news industry with help from top reporters and experts.
Our heavyweight lineup so far includes: Duane Bosworth, Davis Wright Tremaine; Bryan Denson, The Oregonian; Mark Horvit, IRE/NICAR; Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week; Cheryl Phillips, The Seattle Times; Anna Werner, KPIX-San Francisco
Here’s the link for more information and registration.
More speakers are being posted on a weekly basis. Marshall Kirkpatrick from Read Write Web just confirmed as the speaker for a BBJ session about social media. We also just got word that Portland Business Journal Editor Rob Smith will give the talk on career planning.
SPJ Convention and National Journalism Conference
The event is Oct. 3-5 in Las Vegas, but early registration ends Sept. 8. We hope you can all attend. If you have questions about the convention and how it can benefit SPJ members, please contact Scott Leadingham at sleadingham@spj.org or at 317-927-8000 ext. 211.
AAJA offers stipend for interns
The AAJA Portland chapter is offering a $2,000 stipend to fund an academic intern working at an Oregon media outlet this fall semester.
The stipend is designed to offset costs of required college credit or housing and transportation needs. Any student must first secure an internship with an Oregon media outlet before applying for this stipend. Students who are currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs are eligible; recent college graduates may be considered.
The intern must meet AAJA’s goal of increasing diversity in newsrooms. AAJA Portland strongly encourages any student interested in applying for the stipend to become an AAJA member.
Applicants must submit name, resume, internship supervisor at media outlet and an essay (500 words) on the importance of diversity in the media.
The deadline to apply is Sept. 15. E-mail portland.aaja@gmail.com.
Best work of 2009 recognized
SPJ recognized the best work of 2009 at an Oregon Zoo banquet on Saturday night. Click here for a list of winners from non-daily news organizations. Click here for winners from alternative weeklies and daily newspapers, broadcasters, and online news sites.
Attorney General’s Public Records and Meetings Manual Now Online
The state guide to meetings and records law, until Dec. 2 available only as a $25 print copy, is now online here.
SPJ scholarship goes to Cambria Roth
The Oregon and Southwest Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has awarded its inaugural $500 college scholarship for 2010 to Cambria Roth, a senior at Silverton High School. An aspiring sports journalist, Roth is the editor in chief ofher school newspaper and she has published pieces in her community’s newspapers, the Silverton Appeal and Our Town. Applicants for the local SPJ scholarship must be high school seniors with a demonstrated interest in journalism heading into college.
Applications from high school seniors in the Class of 2011 for next year’s scholarship will be accepted beginning Sept. 1. Applications, which are due Dec. 1, must include a 500-word essay about the applicant’s interest in journalism as well as a resume, letter of recommendation and three samples of journalistic work that have been published in their school’s paper or elsewhere. Entries may be submitted via email to hstern@wweek.com or by regular mail to Henry Stern, Willamette Week, 2220 NW Quimby, Portland OR 97210.
