Newz Schmooze Returns — April 11
With large-scale cutbacks in newsrooms and ongoing attacks against press freedom, one can begin to feel depressed and under siege. Well, we are under siege, but that does not mean…
SkillFest26 – Replays
SkillsFest 26 was a free two-day virtual program featuring hours of hands-on journalism training each day in collaboration with leading journalism organizations. In case you missed any, the national SPJ…
Hug A NewsPerson Day – April 4
The history of this day is cloudy. In fact, not one source could provide any information as to who started it nor exactly when it started. However, there seems to…
SPJ DC Pro announces its 2026 Hall of Fame honorees
A science writer covering climate change, its impacts and related politics. An editor who has led his publication to national renown as the LGBTQ community’s “newspaper of record.” An investigative…
March 9: Anniversary of Times v Sullivan
March 9 marks the 62nd anniversary of the US Supreme Court deciding the Times V. Sullivan case. A State cannot, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, award damages to a…