Funding for News/Information Projects
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Do you need funding for your news or information project? Now, you can pair up with a local foundation and apply for the Knight Community Information Challenge. The Knight Foundation is matching grants on community information projects. With this challenge, The ...
APC sends Condolences to the Family and Friends of Conrad Fink, Legendary Journalist and Educator
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Conrad Charles Fink, a renowned journalist and professor of journalism at the University of Georgia, died this Saturday in Athens, Ga., at the age of 79. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin and serving as a First Lieutenant in ...
Media and government attorneys analyze open government laws revisions
Thursday, December 15th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »When the Daily Report’s Kathleen Baydala Joyner analyzed the attorney general’s proposed revision of the state’s open government laws, she relied on the open records law to obtain information for her story. Joyner’s story, the third in a series, looks ...
Lawyers, as well as journalists, are watching proposed changes in open government laws
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Journalism isn’t the only profession that relies on open government laws. As today’s article in the Daily Report shows, lawyers also are served by these laws, especially those that govern open records that may be used in litigation. In the ...
Daily Report examines proposed revision of open government laws
Monday, December 12th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »When the General Assembly convenes in January it will consider a comprehensive revision of Georgia’s open government laws. Attorney General Sam Olens is shepherding HB 397, which would streamline the current patchwork of laws that address public access to meetings ...
Change in APC Leadership
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Message to members of the Atlanta Press Club In June 2011, the membership voted Rachel Tobin president of the Atlanta Press Club. As many of you have read, Rachel resigned from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week and has ...
Atlanta Press Club Seeks New Assistant Director
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It is with mixed emotions I announce Elaine Hudson, our assistant director, has accepted a new job at Leadership Atlanta and will leave APC after our Holiday Author Party in December. Elaine has been a tremendous asset to APC ...
EBooks changing the face of publishing
Thursday, September 29th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »EBooks, manuscripts that you can buy or download online and read via an electronic device such a Kindle or iPad are making their mark on the world. Younger generations consider them the new way to read; those with a more ...
Press Club Speaks to Judiciary Civil committee
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Remarks were written by Cynthia Counts on behalf of the Atlanta Press Club. Ms. Counts read this statement before the Ga. House Judiciary (civil) committee on August 30. A. Introduction Good afternoon Mister Chairman, members of the judiciary committee. I am Cynthia ...
Congratulations to our 2010 Awards of Excellence and Journalist of the Year Winners!
Monday, June 13th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Atlanta Press Club congratulates its 2010 Award of Excellence and Journalists of the Year winners. Atlanta area journalists gathered to celebrate the work of their colleagues at The Atlanta Press Club on June 9 for the 2010 Awards of Excellence ...