By Dan Kubiske, SPJDC Treasurer A new Pew Research Center study showed while most Americans say journalists are important to society, nearly half said journalists are losing influence. Part of...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Getting Out Is Just the First Step: What Refugees Must Go Through To Reach Safety And Then Face In Exile September 2, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET Register HERE. Each...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Sign up and buy tickets HERE. The #SaveVOA Benefit Concert is a cultural-charity event featuring musicians from the VOA family. As the government seeks to end international broadcasting, staff at...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
A no-agenda, no holds barred get together sponsored by the SPJ International Community. Just a chance to meet and chat. Sign up HERE.| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
When: September 25, 2024 all-day| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Sign up and buy tickets HERE. The #SaveVOA Benefit Concert is a cultural-charity event featuring musicians from the VOA family. As the government seeks to end international broadcasting, staff at...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Open Government Reminds News Media About DC Arrest Law| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
The DC Open Government Coalition issued a statement August 22 drawing attention to the Washington DC law requires all arrests to be made public. The statement came out as a... The post Open Government Reminds News Media About DC Arrest Law appeared first on Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter.| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
The Society of Professional Journalists joined a coalition in a letter led by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urging the National Guard to uphold press freedoms during its current deployment to...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Frank A. Aukofer, who parlayed an apprenticeship in the printing trade into a 40-year career as an award-winning newspaper reporter in Washington and Milwaukee, has died. He passed away peacefully...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Steve Geimann, the newly appointed President of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, talked with us on the importance and process of journalism education accreditation. He...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
The director of the embattled Voice of America, its very existence under threat from the current administration; a lifelong advocate for diversity in newsrooms; and the publisher of one of...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Miranda Spivack talks about her new book “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back” (The New Press). Spivack said her... The post Author Discussion: Miranda Spivack on Getting Access to Government Documents appeared first on Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter.| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Each year, the Dateline Awards honor excellence in journalism across the D.C. Metro Region and celebrate winners at a Hall of Fame and Dateline Awards dinner May 12, 2025 For...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Join the Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter on Monday, May 19, at 6 p.m. EDT for a discussion on AI and FOIA. Axel Ebermann, president, New York...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
February 17 the SPJ International Community and the DC chapter held a Zoom session with Kirstin McCudden, vice president of editorial for Freedom of the Press Foundation, overseeing the organization’s...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
SPJ backs AP reporters amid administration’s troubling efforts to stifle independent press CONTACT: Emily Bloch, SPJ National President, eblochjourno@gmail.com Kim Tsuyuki, SPJ Communications Specialist, ktsuyuki@hq.spj.org INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of...| Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter