August Freelancer Coffee Hour postponed

This Friday’s Freelancer Coffee Hour has been postponed to Aug. 20, and we will announce a new location soon. Keep an eye on this page and on our Facebook event for details!

Congratulations to the SIUE Alestle!

The Alestle wins big in national college media competitions The Alestle, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s student news organization, recently won several national awards during the 102nd annual Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Association National College Media Convention. This year marks the most national awards that The Alestle was nominated for and received. For the first time…

Riley Maynard

It is our sad duty to inform you that Riley Maynard, journalist and professor at SIUE, has died after a battle with cancer. He taught generations of journalists at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1981 until his retirement several years ago, co-authored books and research, and in his younger years, reported for news stations from…

Reporting live from Las Vegas

by St. Louis Pro President Elizabeth Donald Never let me be accused of burying the lead: I received this honor at the opening business meeting for the Society of Professional Journalists national conference here in Las Vegas today. In addition to this recognition of our advocacy for the First Amendment, we were also finalist for…

National is almost here!

It’s almost time for SPJ’s national convention! Believe it or not, you have up until Sept. 27 to register and join us for the fun in Las Vegas! Seriously, SPJ’s national conference is always an amazing experience, with a ton to learn and a chance to gain perspective talking to journalists from around the country…

FREE webinar on data visualizations this Friday

SIUE’s Student Publications invites you to attend Storytelling with FRED® Data — a free webinar on creating data visualizations — at 1 p.m. Friday. This hands-on session introduces media students, professionals and educators to using FRED (a free economic data aggregator with access to 800K+ data series) to easily create data visualizations that help tell…