Celebrating World Press Freedom Day in Washington

May 3 was declared World Press Freedom Day by the United Nations in 1993. Since then, journalists and press freedom advocates around the world have celebrated the day with conferences…

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Chapter Program on covering the 2024 elections: It’s Not the Odds, It’s the Stakes

Media critic and author Margaret Sullivan, formerly executive editor of The Buffalo News, was public editor at The New York Times and a columnist for The Washington Post. She now…

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Using X and Threads For Self Promotion

At each DC SPJ board meeting a member is asked to conduct a briefing on a topic in journalism that could help the rest of us. In February, Allison Hageman…

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DC Pro Board meeting educational segment in March: Getting refugees out and coverage of the issue

The SPJ DC Pro Chapter board of directors began a series of educational breaks within its monthly board meetings. Past discussions have been on non-profit journalism and a comparison of…

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Chapter program: It’s Not the Odds, but the Stakes

Join the DC SPJ online program Monday, April 8 at 2 pm ET on covering the 2024 election where the future of democracy on the ballot. Our special guests will…

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