Journalists’ ability to keep their sources confidential and information secure is vital to newsgathering and the public’s access to information. Because there is currently no federal reporter’s shield law, journalists are vulnerable to demands for their sources and newsgathering materials in federal court. The government can force phone and email providers to out journalists’ confidential…
Boot camp is postponed
UPDATE: Unfortunately Boot Camp had to be postponed. The new date is Sept. 21, and the links are still good to reserve a spot! Join us on Feb. 3 for the St. Louis SPJ Student Journalist Boot Camp! This FREE program offers student journalists the chance to learn new skills and supplement what they’re learning…
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…
2022 SPJ Boot Camp!
We had one of our best student journalist boot camps ever! Many thanks to the professionals who volunteered their day off to share their expertise with our students, who came from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, St. Louis University, Lindenwood University, Webster University, Lewis & Clark Community College, Northeastern Illinois University – as far away…
Boot camp is almost here!
We are so happy that our Student Journalist Boot Camp is back this year! This FREE program offers student journalists the chance to learn new skills and supplement what they’re learning in the classroom with practical workshops taught by working journalists currently employed in the St. Louis region. From the basics of reporting and writing…
Google Tools workshop tonight!
It’s not too late! Join us tonight at 6 p.m. CST for a FREE Google Tools training webinar, funded by the national Society of Professional Journalists and Google News Initiative. Click here to register! If you don’t have/didn’t receive the email with the link and passcode, please email us at stlouisspj@gmail.com as soon as possible.08
Workshop for high school and college journalists of color
From our friends at the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists: St. Louis-area high school and early college students are invited to apply to attend the 2022 GSLABJ Minority Journalism Workshop, a free program to provide skills training and networking resources for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors and first- and second-year college students.…