In the first collaboration of its kind, more than 20 combat journalists and
military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan pooled their battlefield images for a
stunning multimedia exhibit. Fort Worth SPJ is sponsoring its appearance at the
Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Jan. 6-31. A reception will be Friday, Jan.
6, 6-8 p.m.
Conflict Zone was inspired by Joao Silva, a New York Times photographer who lost both legs in a landmine blast in
October 2010 in Afghanistan. Contributors include the late Chris Hondros, who was killed in Libya in April 2011, as well as Tom Pennington, formerly with the UTA Shorthorn and the Star-Telegram; Andrea Bruce, Jeff Newton, Greg Marinovich, Kathleen Flynn and Jason P. Howe. Work by local photojournalists may be in the exhibit in Fort Worth.
Contributor Bill Putnam, a freelance photojournalist whose images from Afghanistan have appeared in Fort
Worth Weekly and numerous other publications, says Silva’s photographs in particular “help bridge a chasm between the safe world and the world that many of us live
in. Photographing in war zones, hell, being in war zones, changes all of us. We
literally see the worst and best of humanity unfolding before our eyes. You
can't be unchanged by those events.”
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MEETINGS
No meeting this month. Everything resumes in February.
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Communicators as Change Agents:
Engaging and Enabling the Organization
Change happens. GFW PRSA kicks off the new year with a program that addresses
organizational change and public relations. Chapter member Linda Jacobson, APR, will guide attendees through what it takes for professional communicators
to be true change agents.
A graduate of the University of Iowa (B.A., English) and University of North
Texas (masters, journalism), Jacobson is an award-winning public relations
professional with agency and corporate communications experience. After leaving
her corporate position, she established a boutique agency in Fort Worth and
worked with Fortune 100, 200 and 500 clients. Most recently, she assisted BNSF
Railway with strategic communications planning for a $2.5 billion
change-management initiative.
Time & date: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11
Place: Colonial Country Club, 3735 Country Club Circle, Fort Worth
Cost: members $25, nonmembers $35, students $20
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STRAIGHT STUFF
Tax expert Diane Kelly will offer business tips for writers at the Writers’ Guild of Texas meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Spring Creek Barbeque
(change of venue, January only) in Richardson. The group normally meets at the
Richardson Public Library. Third-Monday early-birds: Feb. 20, Christine Perez, writing for magazines and newspapers; March 19, Carmen Goldthwaite, narrative nonfiction; April 16, Mike Farris, literary agents; May 21, Rachel Simeone, high-impact book marketing. • Improve your writing/editing skills at WGT PCS (planned critique sessions),
third Wednesday of the month, Richardson Public Library basement, 7-8:45 p.m.
Participants present their own work and receive feedback from fellow members.
E- Earl Stubbs, earlstubbs34@gmail.com. • More at writersguildoftexas.org/joomla/. Send calendar items to Carol Woods at carol.woods@verizon.net.
IABC local update: Chris Conant, president of the strategic marketing and design firm More Cabbage, will ask
(and help you answer) “Who is Talking About You? Is It You or Someone Else?” at the IABC Dallas luncheon Tuesday, Jan 17. Info here.
