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Texas Watchdog's Jennifer Peebles elected president of the Society of Professional Journalists' Houston chapter
Wednesday, Sep 07, 2011, 10:58AM CST
By Trent Seibert
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Texas Watchdog is proud of deputy editor Jennifer Peebles, who is the new president of the Houston Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Jennifer has been serving as the chairman of SPJ's national committee on digital media. She is also former president of SPJ's Middle Tennessee Pro Chapter.

Jennifer has been with Texas Watchdog since September of 2008 and since moving to Houston has been a journalism dynamo in the Lone Star State. She was the 2009 winner of the John Aubuchon Freedom of Information Award from Capitolbeat and the 2009 winner of the Open Doors Award given by the Fort Worth Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She also won honors in 2010 from Fort Worth’s SPJ chapter for best online project.
She is a board member of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and a former board member of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government.

If you're a journalist in the Houston area, Jennifer would like you to know that SPJ is the nation's oldest and largest organization for journalists. You can follow what's going on in the Houston Pro Chapter by checking out the chapter Web site or following the chapter on Facebook or Twitter.

Contact Jennifer at jennifer@texaswatchdog.org and watch for announcements concerning the chapter soon.

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Contact Trent Seibert at trent@texaswatchdog.org or 832-316-4994. Follow him on Twitter at @trentseibert or @texaswatchdog.

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Comments
Ken Martin
Wednesday, 09/07/2011 - 01:02PM

Congratulations, Jennifer. You go, girl.

Hagit Limor
Wednesday, 09/07/2011 - 08:25PM

Way to go, Jennifer. You've been a a great resource for SPJ locally and nationally. Thank you for all you do.

Hagit Limor

National President, Society of Professional Journalists

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