This week begins the national conference for the Society of Professional Journalists! Originally planned to be a hybrid conference in New Orleans, the decision was made a few weeks ago to go fully virtual for another year thanks to the coronavirus (and, as it turns out, the entire area is suffering from the impact of…
Freelancer Coffee Hour rescheduled!
This month’s Freelancer Coffee Hour is set for 11:30 a.m. Friday at Scarlett’s Wine Bar on Laclede! Check out the Facebook event for details, and please RSVP there so we can adjust the reservation if necessary. We look forward to seeing you there!
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!
Freelancer Coffee Hour returns – with barbecue sauce!
After several months of Zooms or postponements due to the Stupid Virus, we are happy to return to meeting in real life with our friends at the Editorial Freelancers Association! All freelance journalists are welcome to join us for an informal social hour at the BBQ Saloon at Laclede and Euclid, at 1 p.m. on…
Rescheduled! Again!
We have two events being rescheduled – and hopefully for the last time! This month’s Freelancer Coffee Hour has been rescheduled to 1 p.m. May 7, hosting Janice Roberg to answer questions about taxes and freelance writing! This is still before the filing date, which was extended by the IRS. For now we are still…
Freelancer Coffee Hour: Taxes! (yay)
Join us for “Last-minute Tax Tips for 2021 Filing,” featuring Janice Roberg, an Enrolled Agent; member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents; and owner of Roberg Tax Solutions, “dedicated to helping business owners and individuals plan and prepare tax solutions and strategies that meet their specific needs.” This workshop replaces this month’s Freelancer Coffee…
Should SPJ’s national conference be virtual?
The SPJ national board of directors will be meeting soon to decide whether this year’s national conference in September will be on-ground in New Orleans as planned, a hybrid conference with some aspects taking place online, or entirely virtual, as the 2020 conference was. This is also the first year in many years that SPJ…
Freelancers Coffee Hour this Friday
Join St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists and Editorial Freelancers Association for our joint Freelancers Coffee Hour at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5! We’ve been holding our monthly meetups through 2020 when it was safe. Since it’s not quite safe to return to our favorite coffeehouse, we’ll be meeting via Zoom this month! There’s no…
New member database is live!
The national Society of Professional Journalists has finally completed its migration to a new database, which will allow you manage your membership and access new tools through the spj.org database. If you’re an up-to-date member, you should have received an email to access your personalized link and set up your member landing page. If not…
We’re back!
Thank you for your patience, friends! Gremlins ate our website some time ago, and sadly, all of us here at St. Louis SPJ are journalists, not technical geniuses or computer programmers. It’s taken some time, but we’ve got our new website up. It was a bit of a wrench to lose more than a decade’s…