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Take me out the ballgame! DC SPJ/SDX offer Nats tickets
The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation of Washington will benefit from the sale of tickets to the Saturday, Sept. 11, game between the Washington Nationals and the Florida Marlins.
The game is at 1:05 p.m.
The seats are just off home plate on the first-base side upstairs (Sec. 417, Rows D & E).
The seats were obtained as trade-ins for unused season tickets by Nats fan, Bill McCloskey. Send your reservations and your pledge donation amount to Bill at bmcclos325@aol.com
See you in NatsTown.
The SDX Foundation provides scholarships to DC-area college students interested in pursuing careers in journalism. The SDX is the educational foundation of the SPJ.
Hall of Fame Inductees, DSA Award Winner Announced
Bob Schieffer, Gwen Ifill, Kenneth T. Walsh, and Toby McIntosh will be inducted June 9, 2009, into the Hall of Fame of the D.C. Pro Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy will receive the Chapter's 2009 Distinguished Service Award for his many years of advocacy for disadvantaged and disenfranchised residents of the Washington metropolitan area. Read more »
So who is using Facebook, Twitter et al?
Interesting little report from the folks at Pew: Older Adults and Social Media.
The report shows that us older folks -- anyone over the age of 50 -- are the fastest growing group when it comes to using social media. That does not mean we outnumber the teens and 20-somthings who seem to have their smart phones permanently attached to their hands, but we are getting there.
Overview
While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010. Read more »
- Dan Kubiske's blog
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AP sets down the rules on the lower Manhattan mosque
Associated Press editor Tom Kent sent out a memo late last week with new guidance on how -- under AP Style -- reporters should refer to the mosque proposed for lower Manhattan.
(You can read the memo here and Kent's discussion of the memo on Facebook.)
Bottom line: It is NOT the "ground zero mosque" and the site under question has been used for prayers for some time already.
The site of the proposed Islamic center and mosque is not at ground zero, but two blocks away in a busy commercial area. We should continue to say it’s “near” ground zero, or two blocks away.
Kent added: Read more »
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Too Much Fun: Ethical Warning Stickers
This was passed on from the SPJ Ethics Committee to a few others outside the committee who are concerned about ethical jouranlism and who have a sense of humor.
It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there's no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content.
There is even a template for Americans to make their own copies on Avery lables #5160. Click here to download the PDF template.
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