June 9th, 2011
Helping Journalists In Need
By Sarah Bauer
On Thursday, June 7, SPJ’s regular membership radio program, “Your SPJ Membership” welcomed a few guests to talk about how journalists can reach out to help and support other journalists in the wake of a disaster.
Program host, and National Membership Chair Sarah Bauer welcomed Mark Pitsch, Assistant City Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal and President of the Madison Pro Chapter, and SDX President Steve Geiman as guests.
You can listen to the full episode online now: http://bit.ly/jalrnj.
Providing Assistance
More than 20 members of the Joplin Globe staff (from a staff of 117) were directly affected by the May 22 tornado. If there are other SPJ chapters, or individuals interested in contributing to the relief effort, the Missouri Press Association has established a disaster fund through the Missouri Press Foundation.
Tax-deductible donations can be sent to the Missouri Press Foundation, 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201
Or, to donate online, please visit: www.mopress.com.
Reporting Resources
If you are a journalist covering a disaster in your community, check out resources in SPJ’s Journalist’s Toolbox:
http://www.spjvideo.org/jtb/archive/weather/
http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/archive/public-safety/
More on Covering Disasters with Social Media
Tune into Studio SPJ on Saturday, June 25 at noon Eastern when the Arkansas Pro SPJ chapter hosts a discussion of how to cover natural disasters using social media.
During the recent series of catastrophic floods and tornadoes, many reporters have turned to programs like Twitter to help them explain and tell breaking news stories in the wake of disaster.
Guests for this program will include Karen-Lee Ryan of the Tennessean in Nashville, who coordinated social media coverage that was part of their Pulitzer-nominated work on local floods.
Our other guest will be Rick Smith of the National Weather Service in Oklahoma. He moderates the NWS Twitter account for his offfice and has dealt with everything from tornadoes and flooding to snow and ice storms.
The half-hour program will be hosted by Kelly MacNeil of public radio station KUAR in Little Rock and president of the Arkansas Pro chapter.
To listen to the program live or archives of past shows, visit www.blogtalkradio.com/spj.
December 30th, 2011 at 10:32 am
First i have greeted you, the Superiors of the the SPJ,Garden center I am a Journalist, living in central somali regions, namely, Hiran region.
Really i have been suffering here in Baledwein for some period, and there are many times that i have been detained for sake of my work, as well as the apparatus with which i was using, for performing may work have been taken by force, while some others have been broken into piece, more over, regular frightening and life threatening.
After facing these critical situations i made contact with Amnesty, which really extended me an effectual assistance, although i have not been out of the problem yet i am now a house detainee, i am not allowed to move let alone work,! i am frequently inquired………..
There fore, i am kindly requesting you to help me in how i can go out from here!
For further details, about these issues, you can get in touch with Amnesty and NUSOJ.
I look forward that you will feel pity for me and will give any kind of assistance for rescuing me.!
Please a rapid reply.
(I can wait but in time can’t wait).
Thanks