Author: Jack Lail

  • Diversity Scholarships for APME NewsTrain at MTSU

    Can’t beat this deal! Journalists, journalism educators and journalism students from diverse backgrounds are invited to apply for a diversity scholarship to attend the Murfreesboro NewsTrain. Successful applicants for these competitive awards will have their registration fee waived; they must pay their own travel expenses. Apply by Aug. 25 by answering these questions and emailing your…

  • Get signed up for the NewsTrain stop in Tennessee

    Join us for an APME NewsTrain workshop at Middle Tennessee State University 30-Oct 1 in Murfreesboro. Organizers hope to train 75-100 journalists. The early bird rate of $75 expires Sept. 1, so register now! And if you ar a journalism student or educator, you might get to go free! For successful diversity scholarship applicants, the…

  • When online comments go #MoreThanMean

    The podcast “Just Not Sports” tackles the abuse and harassment women sports writers face in online comments with a video of “regular guy” sports fans reading comments to two women sports journalists. Here is what a post on the podcast’s website said about the video: #MoreThanMean hopes to open guys’ eyes – by having them…