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…
Trivia night rescheduled! Again!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “Due to the pandemic…” At our meeting last week, the St. Louis SPJ board voted to postpone our trivia night a record fifth time in the hopes that the COVID numbers are more favorable to in-person events next spring. The new date is April 23, 2022, and…
Apply for the SPJ Future Leaders Academy!
You might have heard of the Ted Scripps Leadership Institute, which has helped shape today’s SPJ and ehanced general leadership skills for many classes of journalists. Now a grant from the Society of Professional Journalists Foundation is creating the SPJ Future Leaders Academy as an outgrowth of the Scripps program. Graduates will learn about the…
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…
On deck: SPJ National Conference
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…