Six college students from five schools were selected to receive 2016 scholarships from the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The chapter awards two kinds of annual scholarships — the Helen Verba print journalism scholarship and the Sheldon Peterson broadcast journalism scholarship. The scholarships, totaling $6,500, will be sent to the students' … Continue reading Colorado Pro Chapter names scholarship recipients
This is one in a series of Sunshine Week columns for the SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter. By Jeffrey A. Roberts For an ongoing series on race in Colorado, Rocky Mountain PBS investigative reporter Katie Wilcox requested five years of records from six cities on when police stop people for suspicious behavior and other reasons. Grand Junction provided … Continue reading Cloudy conditions for Sunshine Week: A pile of paper instead of a spreadsheet
"Spotlight" won the Best Picture Academy Award on Feb. 28 and the honor is a timely segue to this year's national Sunshine Week, March 13-19. The film tells the story of the Boston Globe's investigation into cases of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests in the Boston area, and as Colorado State University journalism … Continue reading SPJ Colorado Pro celebrates Sunshine Week with guest writers
This is one in a series of Sunshine Week columns written for the SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter. By Kris Kodrich Bianka, my 11-year-old daughter, was trying her usual best not to go to bed at a decent hour. Since we were watching the Academy Awards, and we both had just been wowed by Lady Gaga's … Continue reading Journalists working on open records should always take the “Spotlight”
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