Ethical Journalism in a Digital World


The Chicago Headline Club is sponsoring the workshop with the help of Loyola
University
's School of Communication and SPJ-Loyola Student Chapter.

WHEN: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, March 14

WHERE: Beane Hall, on the 13th floor of Loyola University's Lewis Tower, 820
N. Michigan Ave.
(Entrance is to the north, on Pearson Street.)

HOW MUCH: Free for Headline Club members, $25 for nonmembers, $5 for
students. Join Society of Professional Journalists/Chicago Headline Club and
be admitted free. Payment will be accepted at the door.

RSVP: By noon Friday; call (312) 553-0393 or e-mail chc.kathy@gmail.com

Robert M. Steele and Al Tompkins, two Poynter ethics and multimedia
applications experts, will lead the workshop that will explore the
increasing use of digital information and the possible pitfalls.

Local journalists joining them include: Wes Bleed, news director for WGN-AM;
Nicole Dizon, news editor for the Chicago bureau of The Associated Press;
Steve Edwards, acting program director for WBEZ-FM; Ron Gleason, director of
news and programming for WBBM Newsradio – 780; Jeff Kiernan, CBS 2’s new
news director; Anne Swaney, executive producer, online operations for ABC 7
Chicago; Norm Parrish, night editor for the Chicago Sun-Times; Frank
Whittaker, vice president of news and station manager of NBC 5; and Don
Wycliff, former public editor of the Chicago Tribune.

Steele and Tompkins will involve the audience of journalists, bloggers and
students in an interactive discussion of privacy and copyright issues,
documentation of research, video usage, Twitter and Facebook and how to
maintain credibility and integrity across all platforms. The workshop will
be interactive so that participants can join in on discussions, case
studies, role-playing and other exercises.

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Chicago Headline Club offers free program

The Chicago Headline Club, the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, will be offering a free program April 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. The subject is "Writing for the Web: How to Use Blogs to Establish Your Brand Online," and the agenda includes:
* Buying a domain name
* Setting up a Blog - Which platform is the right platform?
* Setting up basic site analytics
* How Blogs work* Writing for Blogs
* How Search Engines work and how they help your blog
* How to increase traffic to your blog
* Embedding video on your blog
* Using RSS Feeds to increase traffic

More information is available on the Chicago Headline Club's Web site.

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