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From APW and BeyondIs everything on the Web public domain?
Is everything on the Web public domain? Is it OK for someone to lift copy from your blog? The editor of "Cooks Source," seemed to think so. See this story from Fast Company: http://www.fastcompany.com/1700763/3-steps-to-avoid-being-the-next-cooks-source
Fall 2010 Newsletter
The latest edition of the APWFall2010 (small) is now available!
Nov. 13 Pro Dev Agenda
Winds of Career Change - Agenda 10 a.m. -- Registration 10:30 a.m. -- Welcome 10:45 a.m. -- Surviving as a sole practitioner -- K.D. Reep, Flywrite Communications Inc. 11:15 a.m. -- Making the change from journalism to academia/agency...
SPJ Honors Griffee
The Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on Wednesday honored Carol Griffee with its lifetime achievement award. Griffee's nephew accepted on her behalf. Thanks to Bill Shrum for letting us know. He attended the chapter's annual banquet.
Winds of Career Change
Layoffs. Mergers. Paper-to-digital. Whatever the reasons, the changing media landscape means many people are looking for new opportunities. Our fall professional development opportunity features advice from communicators who have made the switch from journalism...
Carol Griffee donations UPDATE
Dear APW members and friends: An Oct. 17 update from our treasurer, Terry Hawkins: There are now $1,210 in donations to the APW scholarship fund in Carol Griffee's name. Over the weekend, APW received donations from Jerry and Regina Dean; Bill Shrum and the Arkansas...
Overdue kudos
Long overdue congratulations go to Malea Hargett and Emily Roberts of Arkansas Catholic for their outstanding performance at the National Federation of Press Women competition. Hargett earned first place for best non-daily newspaper edited by entrant. Hargett also...
Why we don’t trust the media
What are your thoughts? http://ethicaloptimist.com The latest report from Gallup on the public’s level of trust in the media is, to say the least, more trouble for the media. You want to start with the good news? The media is still more trusted than Congress. There’s...
The Changing Role of the Reporter
Agree? Disagree? From: http://www.techaffect.com Wikipedia defines “journalism” as the investigation and reporting of events, issues, and trends to a broad audience. As detailed in the classic book All the President’s Men, journalists have had a long and celebrated...
Carol Griffee Scholarship-UPDATE
As you know, we are honoring Carol Griffee with donations to the APW scholarship in her name. We are an equal opportunity scholarship -- donations of all sizes are most welcome. Emily Roberts will pass the names of all our donors to Carol. If you would like to make a...