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>Other Interesting Stuff Here:
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> Check out SPJ's ftp directory for SPJ files and other
>information of use to journalists. These URL addresses will let you access
>these files with a World Wide Web broswer such as Mosaic, Lynx, Netscape
>or Cello. The SPJ ftp directory URL is:
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> ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/sp/spj
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> (Netcom's ftp server is often jammed with the maximum
>number of users. Keep trying; you'll eventually get through. The best
>times to get through are early in the morning if you are in North
>America.)
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> The URL for some general SPJ information is:
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> http://town.hall.org/places/spj/
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> The URL for the table of contents and some articles from
>The Quill is:
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> http://town.hall.org/places/spj/quill.html
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> This mailing list and the ftp site are projects of SPJ's
>New Information Technologies Committee. Comments and suggestions are
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> Special thanks to the Internet Multicasting Service for providing
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> -- Jack Lail,
> Committee Chair
> April 30, 1995
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Greg Brown (gregb@siu.edu)
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Forestry
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 453-7465