… via the SPJ First Draft blog. CJR writes that a “plague” of newsroom buyouts and closings is sweeping newspapers throughout the country. “Yet at the same time …
I had to ask the question.
I sent the request to the Region 1 Director of the Society of Professional Journalists (because I was on her email list) and got the following response:
Date: Mon 30 Jun 18:50:27 EDT 2008
From: Carolyn James <acjnews@rcn.com> Add To Address Book
Subject: Re: SPJ Region One Director Carolyn JamesI have sent an email on this to my local Jersey people. Hope they can help
you. Carolyn James
On July 5 I sent the same request to Catherine Langley, Communications Manager of the New Jersey Press Association. It’s membership is much bigger than the SPJ Region 1 chapter. I got an “out-of-office” reply [she was on vacation].
And here’s more of the question originally asked: Does anyone know when was the last time a New Jersey newspaper won a:
Okay, I changed my mind about this behind-the-scenes discourse regarding the SPJ, Region 1 [see June 29 post]. The director and the professor who terminated his SPJ membership emailed me with permission to publish.
So here it is.
I’m not identifying anyone regarding recent email correspondence sent to me as part of an info-outreach by the Region I Director of the Society of Professional Journalists. Since several WORD writers have won SPJ Mark of Excellence awards in recent years, I try to be in contact with the organization though not actively involved.
Dear Professor:
As the Region One Director for the National Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), I am reaching out to you as I have your name and email address on my list as the SPJ liaison for your college or university’s SPJ chapter. I would like you to know that I am available to you as a source of information and support for your chapter.
What follows is the edited response from a journalism professor who has been seriously involved with the organization for several years. I thought I would post without explanation an edited version of what he wrote to the regional director but if several days from now I notice the need for more clarity, I will re-address this decision. I think the whole matter is very informative.