SPJ DC Pro Chapter hosts with DCOGC March 16 virtual panel on access to MPD information, body-worn camera videos; Chief Robert Contee a confirmed speaker

Transparency of the Metropolitan Police Department will be the focus of the 2022 D.C. Open Government Summit March 16 at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom. Chief Robert J. Contee III, who took the helm at the…

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What to do when public information officers restrict access to school information? Panel to advise, March 16

  (Information is from the National Press Club Journalism Institute) America’s public schools are coming under unusually strong attention from the general public — scrutiny communities typically rely on journalists…

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Minutes of the January 2022 SPJ D.C. Pro Chapter Board Meeting

Thursday, January 27, 2022 Virtual meeting held via videoconference on Zoom. Present: President Randy Showstack; Vice President Dee Ann Divis; Treasurer Dan Kubiske; Corresponding Secretary Amy Fickling; Recording Secretary Kathryn…

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