SAVE THE DATE! The 50th Annual Awards will be a celebration under the stars on October 3, 2023 on the lawn among the International Houses in Balboa Park.
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Learn ways to perfect your storytelling skills on Tuesday, July 18 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. PDT. This virtual event is part of the ongoing Press Club “Nuts and Bolts” professional development series and is designed to present learning opportunities based on industry trends.
Nailing it! will feature a discussion between award-winning freelance journalist Michele Bigley and San Diego Press Club Board Member Elaine Masters. The webinar will delve into the art of storytelling and share invaluable tips and techniques to help journalists and writers more effectively convey their narratives.
Bigley is an award-winning freelance journalist with bylines from CNN, NY Times, and San Diego Magazine among others.
She covers sustainable issues as a Muir College Writing Program Lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, and teaches writing classes at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program. Her environmental-solutions-themed writing courses focus on the intersection of place and climate solutions.
The event is on Zoom, open to the public and free to attend. To register, visit https://conta.cc/3CW7X2i
Kathryn Gray has been named the new executive director of the San Diego Press Club, following the retirement of Terry Wiliams, the club announced. Williams steps down after 20 years of dedicated service to the Press Club.
Gray, who most recently completed coursework in digital journalism at San Diego City College and is working as an intern at Voice of San Diego, comes to the position with years of experience working with for-profit and non-profit organizations in San Francisco and Washington D.C.
“I have had the pleasure of working alongside Kathryn for more than two years, and she is the perfect fit for this position,” Press Club board president Nicole Vargas said. “Kathryn is a proven leader, an exceptional collaborator and passionate about our industry. She appreciates and respects the history of the Press Club and the tireless work Terry has done, and she has the vision and skillset to continue that into the future.”
Originally from San Diego, Gray has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Global Studies and Spanish. She is an avid explorer and has lived in Ecuador, Spain and Chile and traveled extensively in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and The Middle East.
As a new journalist, Gray said she relied on invaluable resources and mentorship from the San Diego Press Club to navigate the field. Gray is thrilled to be back in her hometown and working in the industry. “It was a big decision and a huge step for me, deciding to retire,” outgoing Executive Director Terry Williams said. “Kathryn is the perfect choice, and the club is in excellent hands. I could not be more pleased.”
Williams will remain in an advisory capacity through the 50th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards, which will be held in October 3 in Balboa Park’s International Houses.
Contact Gray by email at pressclubsandiego@gmail.com.
The San Diego Press Club is searching for an Executive Director.
Yes it’s true – long-time Executive Director Terry Williams is retiring at the end of the year so the board has decided to hire a replacement to start now – before the awards season. This will allow Terry to mentor the new person throughout the busiest time of the year.
Please look over the job description below and consider whether you would like to take this on. Or feel free to pass this along to someone who might be interested.
If you are interested – please let us know!
Science reporting skills are evolving and covering issues while reaching audiences effectively is more important than ever.
Listen to three reporters meeting the challenges as they cover the issues: Gary Robbins, science and higher education reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune; Jonathan Wosen, STAT’s West Coast biotech and life science reporter and Melissa T. Miller, science and technology writer at Nerdist.
You can also listen to this panel as a podcast! Click here.
This free webinar was held Monday, November 28.
PANELISTS:
Gary Robbins covers science and higher education at The San Diego Union-Tribune.
His coverage ranges from the nature of COVID-19 to the evolution of climate change to emerging ways to monitor and explain wildfires, earthquakes and severe weather.
He studied journalism at Northeastern University in Boston and served as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT during the 2000-01 academic year. He also has taught journalism at USC and Long Beach State.
In January, Robbins will mark his 50th anniversary in journalism.
Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter, based in his hometown of San Diego.
Prior to joining STAT in 2022, he was the biotech reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and he previously interned for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Knowable magazine, and STAT, among other places.
Jonathan holds a doctorate in immunology from Stanford and a master’s in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Melissa T. Miller is the science and technology writer at Nerdist.
She also hosts “science of” panels at pop culture conventions to connect the wonders of science to fictional storytelling.
Melissa previously worked at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, traveling across every ocean doing chemistry and sharing stories of life aboard research vessels.
