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PEOPLE & PLACES
Academic journalism go-getter and SPJ member Sarah Maben would direct
you here for an interview her Tarleton State student K’Leigh Bedingfield did
with Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, a Tarleton alumnus, shortly before his
death. ...
SPJ member Perry Cockerell, a partner with Cantey Hanger LLP and a
member of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, has an “Other
Voices” piece in the Jan. 26 Star-Telegram. He writes: “It is time to end the U.S.
stalemate with Cuba. The sanction laws should be repealed. The U.S. should
restore full diplomatic relations, negotiate for foreign investment in Cuba with
protections for those investments, allow technology exchange and negotiate a
new treaty for the Guantanamo Bay military base. A half-century has proven
that the U.S. cannot sanction Cuba into submission.”
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GET A JOB
Dallas-based Texas Lawyer seeks an experienced editor to develop hyper-local
contributed law and how-to articles. Editorial experience and a journalism
degree are preferred; a legal background is helpful. Submit résumé and cover
letter with salary requirements to editor Heather Nevitt at hnevitt@alm.com. ...
The Dallas Morning News has an opening for a full-time production desk editor
to design pages, write headlines and copy edit. Web production skills are a
plus, with three years production experience at a daily paper required. Contact
news editor Denise Beeber at dbeeber@dallasnews.com. ...
The Temple Daily Telegram seeks a city editor. Send cover letter, résumé and
references to hr@tdtnews.com. ...
The Bryan-College Station Eagle wants to fill two reporting positions, one for
higher education issues at Texas A&M and the other covering police and
general assignments. Send cover letter, clips and résumé to editor Kelly
Brown, 1729 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan, TX 77802 or e-mail her at
kelly.brown@theeagle.com. No phone calls. ...
Austin Home needs an editor to manage, plan and organize content for a home,
garden, entertainment and architecture glossy quarterly magazine.
Requirements include at least five years full time as an editor at a
professional
magazine or newspaper, with experience at a home magazine preferred. Send
cover letter, résumé, writing/work samples and salary history/requirements to
publisher@austinmonthly.com. No phone calls or follow-up e-mails.
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NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS
SPJ ... Donnita Fisher, freelance ... David Dunnigan, The Harrell Group
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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
Chris Smith, Greater Fort Worth PRSA
Don’t know about you, but my February is already jam-packed (what happened
to January?).
Last month I wrote about the necessity of always learning something new, and
thanks to our programs VP, Michelle Clark, and professional development
chair, Brian Murnahan (with input from digital committee chair Chip Hanna),
our February half-day program has the potential to teach us all something we
didn’t know beforehand.
“Forging Social Media Success” will include knowledge for the novice as well as
the expert. Speakers will present case studies from RadioShack and Catholic
Charities Fort Worth and encourage interaction during breakout sessions on
audience engagement, content creation and metrics. This program promises
not to disappoint, so sign up soon.
Also, activities chair Lisa Albert has been busy planning evening events,
especially for those who can’t do mid-day programs. Mark your calendar for
Tuesday, Feb. 19, and a lively exploration of the value of networking. Lisa is
determined to host at least one evening event each quarter this year. Stay
tuned.
Remember, too, that chapter members can attend national PRSA webinars for
free. Example: ”Transform Your Pitch From Snooze to News,” Thursday, Feb.
7, will advise how to gain attention from journalists and bloggers. More on all
the webinar offerings here.
Have I left something out? Be sure to visit our website, and thanks, website
chair Rebekah Moore, for keeping it current.
Honestly, who could ever complain of boredom with such an active February
agenda?
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OVER & OUT
John Dycus, Fort Worth SPJ
Firing fan favorite Dave Lieber is like tearing out the rain forest and thus
destroying any organisms there that might have led to medical breakthroughs.
We’ll never know how many readers his Star-Telegram presence would have
helped in the future, because he’s no longer there to help them. Pieces of the
puzzle are here and here and here. Weep not for Lieber. A tireless and talented
self-promoter, he’ll be fine. Weep for the little guys on whose behalf his
Watchdog column gleefully challenged fly-by-night vendors and prominent folks
with questionable motives, snake-oil merchants and the malfeasant purveyors
of scamduggery and greed. Weep, too, for a once great newspaper, where
alienating core constituencies just doesn’t seem that big a deal anymore. ...
Just how powerful is Fort Worth SPJ’s Mass Media Communication Career
Conference? Here’s the presenter lineup — you tell me: Reginald Hardwick,
NBC5; Josh Stevenson, KXII-TV, Sherman; Matt Goodman and Jason
Whitely, WFAA-TV; Britney Tabor and John Harden, Denton Record-
Chronicle; Scott Kirk, Concussion; Carol Glover, Balcom Agency; Michael
Vega, city of Fort Worth; Aaron Chimbel, Tommy Thomason and Kent
Chapline, TCU; Alice Rios, KRLD; Christina Geyer, FD Luxe (DMNmedia);
Bob Francis, Fort Worth Business Press; Kathy Walton, TCU Press; Rebecca
Aguilar, multimedia freelance; Kyle Whitfield, The Dallas Morning News; Kael
Alford, photographer freelance; Thorne Anderson, UNT; Gayle Reaves-King,
FW Weekly. Sounds like quite the robust affair; sign up by Feb. 7. Good work,
organizers Jacquie Lambiase, Tracy Everbach, Chris Whitley and all who
lent a hand. ...
Awards train, don’t pass me by. Deadline for the chapter’s signature
competition, the First Amendment Awards, has been extended to Feb. 11. ...
Entries for the Sigma Delta Chi Awards must be submitted by midnight Feb. 7.
That day is also the postmark deadline for the New America Award honoring
reporting that addresses issues in the U.S. immigrant and ethnic communities.
... Nominations deadline for the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee’s
annual Black Hole Award is Feb. 18. The award recognizes work that highlights
violations of the public's right to know. Recipient(s) will be announced during
Sunshine Week, March 10-16. ...
Recent college graduates with student media experience who always wanted to
live a year in Indianapolis (“Hoosiers”! David Letterman! the Indianapolis 500!)
might be up for SPJ national’s internship program. The full-time position offers
salary, benefits and paid leave. Apply by Feb. 15, start June 1. More here or
from Tara Puckey, tpuckey@spj.org or 317-927-8000 ext 215. ...
High school students could win a $1,000 scholarship in SPJ's essay contest.
The topic: "Why is it important that we have news media that are independent
of the government?" The 500-word essay and entry form must be postmarked
by March 7. No bonus points for phrasing the topic better. Second- and third-
place entries receive $500 and $300. ...
Application deadline is March 1 for the Council on Foreign Relations’ 2013-
2014 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship, awarded each year to a
distinguished foreign correspondent or editor. The fellow spends nine months at
CFR headquarters in New York doing sustained analysis and writing and
participating in CFR's active program of meetings and events. More
here or
from fellowships@cfr.org.
Caught my eye. Supreme Court rejects challenge to embryonic stem cell
research. ... New Orleans schools ban creationist curriculum, shun Texas
revisionist textbooks. ... Biomimicry solves age-old industrial air pollution
problem. ... MSU’s new water retention technology increases crop yield even
with worsening drought. ... Can rooftop farms green the skylines of China's
megacities? ... Concord, Mass., becomes first U.S. city to ban plastic water
bottles. ... Hungary prefab home produces twice the energy it consumes. …
America's ‘greenest street’ provides a blueprint for sustainable urban
development. ... New wind system claims triple the power output. ... Agri-Cube
grows mass quantities of vegetables in a one-car parking spot. ... Underwater
robots to repair coral reefs. ... Saudi Arabia dumping ground becomes desert
oasis. ... University of Arizona’s breakthrough telescope solar panel doubles
efficiency. ... Chimera Energy fracking technique uses no water. ... Pedal-
powered GiraDora washer needs no electricity and costs only $40. ... European
team develops solar-powered, low-cost desalination system.
Closing words: “There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take
the bull by the tail and face the situation." — W.C. Fields
