Press Club of Long Island

Society of Professional Journalists President David Aeikins announced that Terry Harper, SPJ’s longtime executive director, died Tuesday after a two-year battle with brain cancer.

With bad news about the media industry being spit out as fast as you can say “Tweet,” you might expect Michael Leary, managing editor of the bankrupt Philadelphia Inquirer, to have a pretty sullen view of the future of the news business.
Well, maybe a little. But let’s not throw in the towel just yet.

From SPJ’s newsletter: ABSURDIA IN ISLANDIA   Journalists and the general public on Long Island are scratching their heads after one municipal body, the Islandia Village Board, briefly considered banning audio and video recording and transmission of public meetings. The Press Club of Long Island, the local chapter of SPJ, strongly opposed the proposal. In [...]

Last year SPJ’s National Convention was held in Las Vegas. And what a fun time it was.While you won’t get to play Blackjack or bet on the ponies this time around, you will be able to stay a little closer to home and get a taste of the country’s government at work. This year the [...]