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AND THE WINNER IS – the 47th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards!

The minute of the COVID lockdown, it was obvious that producing the 47th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2020 was not going to be business as usual. We knew the event would not be in person, and certainly would not include our beloved restaurants and wineries. And even though it had to be virtual, knew that the program would without question have to be a San Diego Press Club production. It would be a stylish, polished, thoroughly professional production.

Then, on October 27th, after many sleepless nights, uncounted stress dreams and just exactly the right amount of miracles, we went live on the air from the San Diego Automotive Museum. Dozens of live and pre-taped (Zoom) elements flashed on the screen. And, from beginning to end, it was flawless. Over the next couple of weeks, it received more than 2,500 viewings on Facebook.

In early 2021, The One Club (formerly SDX, formerly The Ad Club) opened a contest  – “The COVID 19” for work that was created in spite of (or even because of) the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. We entered – and here you have it! The 47th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards is one of 19 winners that were announced last week. Isn’t that fun?

Here is the link to the 19 winners, including the Press Club Awards.

https://www.oneclubsandiego.org/announcing-the-winners-of-the-covid-nineteen-awards/

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VIDEO: Write Better Right Now: Write with Pride

This “Write Better Right Now” workshop is part of the ongoing Press Club “Nuts and Bolts” professional development series featuring veteran journalists.

Neal Broverman, digital editor-in-chief of The Advocate, and Mae Rude, staff writer at Out Magazine, shared “Write with Pride” writing tips for next “Write Better Right Now,” on Thursday, June 3.

About the event:

You will learn:

  • What are the strongest, most important stories being addressed now?
  • How important is it for journalists to understand how to use gender appropriate pronouns and why?
  • Best tips on writing about transgender people of all ages?
  • How is writing for an LGBTQ+ publication different than mainstream pubs?
  • Let’s talk about taboo language – what should we be aware of?

There will also be an opportunity to get your specific questions answered as well.

This event is free to attend for San Diego Press Club members, guests, and non-members. An optional donation of $15 is suggested to cover the nonprofit’s future programming and operational costs.

 

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VIDEO: Member Masterclass shares Canva For professional communicators

If our remote work environment has shown us anything, it’s that there are many powerful online tools that can help us be creative, collaborative, and to keep projects on deadline. Time efficiency is important when connecting to multiple audiences on various platforms.

Check out the San Diego Press Club’s first Membership Masterclass, focusing on the amazing online graphic design and layout software called Canva. The one-hour virtual workshop held on Thursday, May 6, 2021 on Zoom is valuable to both experienced and new-to-the-profession communicators with roles in journalism, social media, PR, and other adjacent disciplines.

Nicole Vargas, SDPC first vice president and an assistant professor of digital journalism at San Diego City College, guides you through the software and show the ways journalists and communications professionals are using it in their daily work.

More about the event:

Our new Membership Masterclass series is designed to present learning opportunities for our members based on industry trends and survey feedback. Audience members will learn:

  • Creating, posting and scheduling branded social media content
  • Tips for more efficient workflows and collaborations
  • How to add music and motion to static designs

There will also be an opportunity to get your specific questions answered as well.

This event is free to attend for San Diego Press Club members. Guests and non-members are $10.

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VIDEO: Write Better Right Now with Steve Padilla

Steve Padilla, editor of the Los Angeles Times’ showcase Column One feature, offered practical advice on how to make your writing tighter, brighter and more powerful. Drawing upon a variety of sources, from Column One to Harry Potter to Shakespeare, he presented a sentence-level seminar with tips on, among other things, anecdotes, endings, verbs and structure. The tricks Steve shared were not designed for bad writers or beginners; they’re the techniques he uses every day and useful for quick dailies as well as long-form narratives. Oh, and there might even be singing.

More about Steve:

Steve Padilla is editor of Column One, the showcase feature for storytelling at the Los Angeles Times. Padilla joined the Times in 1987 as a police reporter but soon moved on to editing. He helped guide the Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of a botched bank robbery in North Hollywood in 1997. He’s edited local news and, before overseeing Column One, was enterprise editor on the foreign-national desk. He serves as a writing coach and devotes his Twitter feed (@StevePadilla2) to writing technique. He also was a reporter with the San Diego Union (before it merged with the Tribune) and editor of Hispanic Link Weekly Report, a national newsletter on Latino affairs.

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VIDEO: Powerhouse Panel tackles vaccine hesitancy

POWERHOUSE PANEL: REPORTING ON VACCINE HESITANCY

For over a year, COVID-19 has dominated our news headlines. Now, there is an acute focus on vaccines — eligibility, accessibility, and availability — which public health experts say is critical to ending the pandemic.

The San Diego Press Club presented a one-hour virtual forum of public health experts and community leaders on Wednesday, April 14. The panel included:

Susan R. Bailey, MD, President, American Medical Association. Dr. Bailey is an allergist/immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas, and was elected president of the American Medical Association in June 2020.

Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH, Public Health Officer and Director of Public Health Services, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency. Dr. Wooten has a strong interest in health disparities and health equity. She is a current board member and past president (2013-15) of the Health Officers Association of California.

Andrea Lopez-Villafaña, Reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune. She covers the neighborhoods of the city of San Diego for The San Diego Union-Tribune. She currently serves as president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists San Diego-Tijuana chapter

Moderator: Susan Taylor, External Affairs Director, Scripps Health. Taylor is currently a marketing/communications executive at Scripps Health. She is a former TV news anchor/reporter/producer in Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

The panelists discussed:

  • The prevalence of and reasons for vaccine hesitancy
  • The challenge of communicating to diverse audiences
  • How to empower your audiences to be part of the solution
  • What is the role of journalists and communicators
  • How do you expand your sourcing under deadline

About the event:

Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the science, logistics, and potential concerns of the vaccination process and the pandemic more broadly. Panelists will also address challenges recognized among residents of traditionally underserved communities, share the work being done in neighborhoods to help residents overcome vaccine hesitancy, and what can improve to encourage residents to become immunized.

This is an on-the-record discussion and news media are invited to cover.

This event is free to attend, with an optional donation of $10 suggested to cover the nonprofit’s programming and operational costs. Click here to register

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