Apr 19, 20121 minBrownbag lunch with Juliet EilperinJuliet Eilperin, science writer for the Washington Post, will speak to journalists at Capital Newspapers, 1901 Fish Hatchery Road,...
Apr 11, 20122 minSPJ holds social media training May 11; registration now openSocial media is changing the way the public consumes news. About 9 percent of all news links are accessed via social media channels. A...
Apr 10, 20121 minEdgerton Student Advances to National Level in SPJ High School Essay ContestIn an effort to increase high school students’ knowledge and understanding of the importance of independent media in our lives, the...
Apr 10, 20121 minWisconsin State Journal wins 2011 SDX AwardThe Wisconsin State Journal won a 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Award for deadline news coverage of the state Capitol protests and collective...
Apr 8, 20121 minSPJ: Madison Chapter Meeting Minutes from April 2012The SPJ Madison Chapter met on April 2012. View a PDF of the meeting minutes. #monthlymeetings
Apr 4, 20121 minSPJ Madison congratulates Wisconsin students for “Mark of Excellence” awardsSPJ-Madison Pro chapter is proud to announce the winners of the Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award. The Mark of Excellence Awards honor...
Apr 3, 20121 minMadison chapter elects officersThe Madison pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on Monday re-elected its chapter officers. Officers are Mark Pitsch of...
Mar 23, 20121 minSPJ Hosts Madison School Board ForumHere is media coverage of the Madison School Board forum hosted by SPJ: Find WKOW’s report here. Read the Wisconsin State Journal story...
Mar 14, 20121 minWisconsin Legislature receives “Black Hole” awardThe Society of Professional Journalists named the Wisconsin Legislature a recipient of its “Black Hole” Award. The award goes to...
Mar 13, 20121 minSPJ President calls for renewed commitment to open governmentMark Pitsch, SPJ Madison pro chapter president, urges government agencies to commit to transparency. Read his op-ed, first printed in the...
Mar 9, 20122 minSPJ Declares “Thank a Journalist Day” March 16; Hosts Gathering March 15MADISON — March 16 is the 261st anniversary of the birth of James Madison, our Capital City’s namesake and the man known as the “Father...
Mar 9, 20121 minSPJ: Madison Chapter Meeting Minutes from March 5, 2012The SPJ Madison Chapter met on March 5, 2012. View a PDF of the meeting minutes. #monthlymeetings
Mar 7, 20121 minSPJ sets officer electionsThe Madison pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has adopted bylaws that codify officer elections will take place...
Mar 6, 20121 minSPJ approves new bylawsThe Madison pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists approved new bylaws at its meeting Monday night. The update clarifies...
Mar 2, 20121 minPulitzer winner Priest discusses reporting, national security beatDana Priest, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, told students, journalists and professors this week that she wasn’t always a national...
Feb 25, 20122 minNonProfit News – The Future is NowThe workshop was moderated by UW-Madison journalism ethics professor Stephen J. Ward. Panelists were: Bill Lueders, Money and Politics...
Feb 23, 20122 minMadison School Board Candidate Forum March 21The Madison Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is sponsoring a Madison School Board candidate forum. Each of the four...
Feb 21, 20121 minAnthony Shadid: An AppreciationMadison Pro Chapter President Mark Pitsch has written an appreciation of New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid, who died on assignment...
Feb 17, 20121 minSPJ mourns death of UW-Madison graduate Anthony Shadid.Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and UW-Madison graduate Anthony Shadid died Thursday while on assignment in Syria. The New York Times...
Feb 14, 20122 minReporter Roundtable with Dana PriestMADISON – The UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Madison Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional...