Inside the World of Self-Publishing
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »An informative evening on self publishing was sponsored by The Atlanta Press Club with The American Society of Journalists and Authors at The Commerce Club Wed., May 26. Attendees were well fed with tasty hors d'oeuvres from Dania's Restaurant including ...
Christiane Amanpour Speaks to the Atlanta Press Club
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »When the announcement was made this spring that ChristianAmanpour would leave CNN for ABC News my initial reaction was, there goes someone else out CNN’s spinning door. But it’s way more than that. Amanpour is among a select group of ...
Reporting From Haiti: How New Media Helped Deliver the Story
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »On Thursday, April 1st, Atlanta Press Club members gathered at the Buckhead Ruth’s Chris Steak House for part of the Evening Enrichment Series entitled, “Reporting From Haiti: How New Media Helped Deliver the Story.” Four panelists, all Atlanta-area journalists, shared ...
Congratulations to Mara Shalhoup, named Editor in Chief of Creative Loafing Atlanta!
Friday, January 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »ATLANTA, GA Mara Shalhoup, senior editor of *Creative Loafing* Atlanta, has been named editor in chief of the paper, which is the Southeast's largest newsweekly. Shalhoup joined *Creative Loafing* Atlanta in 2000 and has served as a staff writer, news editor, ...
New State Budget Task Force
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Georgia's 2010 version of the General Assembly was barely one hour old Monday when Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and other Senate leaders announced a new budget task force that will be charged with generating short-term and long-term recommendations to cover ...
Hilarious AND Informative Authors Panel
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Who would've guessed that five accomplished, award-winning and best-selling authors could be as entertaining as a raunchy improv troupe (peppering "F"-bombs and other colorful quips into their commentary) and as informative and enlightening as, well, an authors' panel? The Atlanta ...
Taylor Branch and Byron Pitts Share Their Unique Experiences with the APC
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Taylor Branch and Byron Pitts are storytellers -- Branch in books and Pitts primarily on television – but their goals are essentially the same – to enlighten, educate and inform. They successfully do that without getting in the way, the ...
Furman Bisher Writes Final Column
Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Over the weekend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports columnist Furman Bisher's final column before retirement appeared in the newspaper and online. Apparently, Bisher typed his column on the same old Royal typewriter he used to write his first, back in 1950. The AJC's ...
Arthur Blank Discusses What it Takes to Run a Successful Company and Football Team at the Atlanta Press Club
Friday, October 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Humble and Hungry -- the motto of the 2009 Atlanta Falcons -- were the overriding themes when Falcons owner Arthur Blank discussed his football team and a possible new gridiron home several years from now during Thursday's Atlanta Press Club ...
The Gorilla Ball, a Night of Laughs and High Recognition
Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »CNN veteran Jane Maxwell received the APC's 2009 "Willie B" Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday evening during a ceremony at the Atlanta Zoo. Maxwell joins a long list of accomplished broadcasters whose careers have been recognized by the Press Club. ...