By Betsy Model, President The Rio Grande Chapter of SPJ is thrilled that so many smart, ambitious students are choosing to join the chapter and forge early relationships that will make them terrific reporters and journalists. Our latest members are Santa Fe-based students David Salazar and Victoria Velarde. David is Read more
By Betsy Model, President Investigative journalists worldwide can apply for grants to fund proposed reporting projects. The deadline for applications is December 9. Grants will go towards 11 investigative reporting projects published or broadcast in the U.S. and two investigations overseas. Grantees will receive editorial guidance from mentors through a Read more
By Betsy Model, President A media innovation contest is accepting project proposals that utilize open-source technology and distribute news in the public interest. The deadline for submissions is December 1 and winners will be announced in June 2011. The Knight News Challenge, sponsored by the Knight Foundation, funds marketing and Read more
By Betsy Model, President Applications are invited for the 2011/12 Reuters Fellowship program at Oxford University for mid-career journalists. Applicants must have a minimum of five years’ experience in any branch of journalism and good spoken and written English. Application deadline: February 1, 2011. The program enables visiting journalists from Read more
By Betsy Model, President John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships program open for applications for the 2011-12 academic year The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships is a program for accomplished journalists and journalism entrepreneurs who spend an academic year at Stanford. Each year, 12 U.S. and eight international journalists are selected Read more
By Betsy Model, President Students who get that their future education and career options can be directly affected by the learning and networking they do on the side are the really, really smart ones…like new student member Charlotte Smart. Charlotte, a junior at Santa Fe Secondary School, speaks French and Read more