The St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists has a number of freelance journalists actively working in the region. Below are some of our journalists and their specialities – if you’re an editor looking for writers, look no further! Elizabeth Donald, www.donaldmedia.com. Muckrack, Contently, Twitter. Specialties: Education, environment, local government, culinary, labor, features, miscellaneous. Member SPJ,…
St. Louis Press Club, SPJ president support our call for Parson to apologize
Press Club: Governor’s threats endanger freedom of the press “Freedom of the press and reliable reporting are now, more than ever, critically important. If Missouri is truly the Show-Me State that cares about honest, in-depth reporting, show the Post-Dispatch the respect it deserves for presenting the facts to uphold the integrity of the state’s educational…
St. Louis SPJ condemns Gov. Parson’s attack on journalists
To threaten journalists for doing their jobs is the very definition of governmental overreach. Today Gov. Mike Parson announced that he intends to prosecute the reporters of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for uncovering a potentially disastrous security flaw in the state’s web infrastructure. This gesture goes beyond mere overreach, to create a chilling effect discouraging…
STLSPJ Delegate Report
While all of us were disappointed to spend four days on Zoom instead of in New Orleans, the SPJ national conference was filled with a lot of incredibly useful information and workshops. Reports indicate overall that SPJ membership is down, but the biggest losses have been in student chapters. That doesn’t necessarily mean there are…