Ithaca College Society of Professional Journalists

The Society of Professional Journalists invites you to a Virtual Speakers Bureau event "The Role of Independent Media in the 21st Century" on Thursday, March 25 from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. via Zoom. Join Jeff Cohen, founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM), and Raza Rumi, current director of PCIM to learn more about the role independent media plays and their importance in our society today. Link to event: https://ithaca.zoom.us/j/97658036487

The Society of Professional Journalists invites you to a Virtual Speakers Bureau event "Student Press Law Center: Rights & Protections at Protests" on Friday, February 26 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. via Zoom. Join Mike Hiestand, a Senior Legal Counsel at the Student Press Law Center to learn more on how to stay safe and cover protests as a journalist. Please RSVP ahead of time here: https://forms.gle/YZQMQ4uYJnVXbu6M8 Link to event: https://ithaca.zoom.us/j/97157821835... Mike Hiestand has been integral to SPLC’s success since 1989. He was an SPLC intern, its first legal fellow and then served as full-time staff attorney from 1991-2003. Over the years, he has assisted about 16,000 student journalists and advisers. He currently works from the west coast on the SPLC hotline and related projects. In 2013-14, Hiestand traveled around the country with Mary Beth Tinker, teaching and speaking out on behalf of student press rights and free expression. Tinker Tour USA kicked off on Constitution Day at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The bus logged 15,595 miles across the American east coast, midwest and southeast speaking to more than 20,000 students and teachers at 58 stops, including schools, colleges, churches, a youth detention facility, courts and several national conventions. In the spring of 2014, The Tinker Tour moved on to schools and events in the American west, midwest and southwest, as well as a stop in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Vancouver, Canada. Hiestand, who grew up in Alaska, graduated from Bartlett High School in Anchorage and went on to Marquette University’s College of Journalism and Cornell Law School.

ICSPJ is proud to announce our 2021 Executive Board: President- Emily Hung Vice President of Programming- Jordan Broking Vice President of Communications- Matilde Catarino Bechet... Treasurer- Emma Kersting See more

Hello SPJ Members! This week we have a very special guest to help with our next event, titled... This is SportsCenter: Sports Broadcasting at the Worldwide Leader You heard that correctly! The Society of Professional Journalists invites you to a session with ESPN’s very own Kevin Negandhi on Monday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. ... You’ll have a chance to hear from a professional sports journalist and participate in a live Q&A session. For those of you who don’t know... Kevin Negandhi is an anchor for the 6 p.m. ET SportsCenter show. In 2017, he joined ESPN on the ABC College Football studio team. In addition to being a part of an Emmy nominated SportsCenter crew, Negandhi has hosted NFL Live, Baseball Tonight, Outside the Lines, College Football Live, NBA Tonight and the women’s NCAA basketball Final Four. Negandhi has also hosted the Special Olympics World Games since 2015. He has been a part of special projects that include co-hosting SportsCenter’s Veterans Day specials and in 2015, he was awarded the Team ESPN Disney Volunteer Commentator of the Year. Negandhi joined ESPN in 2006. Prior to ESPN, Negandhi worked as a sports director at WWSB-TV in Sarasota, FL. While working in Florida, he won three Associated Press awards Best Sports Cast in 2004 and 2005 and Best Breaking Sports News in 2005. Prior to that, he was a sports director for KTVO-TV in Kirksville, Mo. (1998-99). Negandhi began his career as a college sports stringer at USA Today in 1995. A native of Phoenixville, Pa., he graduated from Temple University in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. He was inducted in Temple’s School of Media and Communications Hall of Fame, and he is the first Indian-American to serve on a national sports network. If you’re interested in attending (we strongly encourage you to, especially all of our Sport minded memers!) here is the link! https://ithaca.zoom.us/j/92014244217

We want to give a huge thank you to Mike Catalana '85, Sports Director at WHAM, and Nancy Sanders from the Buffalo Broadcasters Association for joining us tonight for our panel discussion! A full hour of great tips and words of advice for students searching for internships and jobs. We appreciate all who came out and we hope to see you at our next event. Mark your calendars for November 30 at 7:30p ET because you won't want to miss this next guest!