Building a Better Journalist: Oct. 8
It’s that time again: Our annual Building a Better Journalist conference is less than a month away! This year we’ve made some changes and built it better than ever.
The conference will be held at the White Stag building in Portland, in the University of Oregon’s Turnbull Center.
Saturday, Oct. 8, will be full of interesting, valuable workshops and panels addressing issues in journalism that you care about! Some highlights:
- Multiple panels on how to best use multimedia devices for reporting and on websites, to make news a more immediate, interactive experience;
- Panels on finding public records, both in person and online, and how to best put those to good use;
- A writing seminar with former Oregonian writing coach Jack Hart
- A workshop on the growing public relations world, which has absorbed several talented Oregon journalists during the past year;
- Many, many more…don’t miss them!
There’s a discount for SPJ members and a lower price for students. We have limited space, so sign up soon, because you won’t want to miss this!
Friday, May 7: Free Investigative Business Journalism Training
Join Pulitzer winner Gary Cohn and former Washington Post investigative reporter Alec Klein in this FREE full-day workshop, “Investigative Business Journalism on a Beat,” as they walk you through the steps to successful investigative business stories. These two top reporters turned journalism professors will take you through the investigative story from start to finish: refining and pitching an idea, developing and interviewing sources, plumbing public documents, and organizing and presenting the story effectively in multimedia. Come with an idea for an investigative project, and leave with a story pitch to take back to your editors. The emphasis will be on pursuing investigations while still covering your beat.
The event is free, but limited to 50 people. Click here to register.
Prior Training Programs
Building a Better Journalist, October 24, 2009
The Future of News from SPJ Oregon/SW Washington on Vimeo.
This conversation was moderated by Rob Smith, editor of the Portland Business Journal, and featured: Steve Engelberg, managing editor of ProPublica; Steve Smith, former editor of the Spokesman-Review; Frank Mungeam, online editor at KGW.
