Donate an Item. Defend Press Freedom: The LDF Auction Returns
This October, in conjunction with the 2026 SPJ Convention, SPJ will host a Silent Auction benefiting the Legal Defense Fund and we need your help! The organizers are seeking donations…
Free Press Coalition Calls For Action on Visa Law Changes; Education Groups File Suit
More than 30 organizations have signed a letter initiated by the SPJ and the Foreign Press Association asking Congress to act on the proposed changes to visas for foreign journalists…
Chapter Visits Motherwell Distillery
A handful of chapter members braved the 90-plus degree temperatures July 18 to visit the first bourbon distillery to open in Alexandria since Prohibition. Motherwell Distillery is the Virginia branch…
When the Declaration Was News
Dr. Emily Sneff an early American historian, leading expert on the Declaration of Independence author of When the Declaration of Independence Was News spoke with the chapter about how the Declaration…
Still Time To Apply for the Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling
From the Journalism Institute at the National Press Club Journalists who are redefining how stories are told for digital audiences are invited to apply for the 2026 Pamela Tobey Award…