Summary of AP Style online chat
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John Oliver: Why Journalism Is Important
It’s not often when we see such a full-throated defense of local journalism from outside the business. Well worth the 19+ minutes to watch.
Proposed National SPJ By-Law Changes
Your local chapter received the following note from the national SPJ office: Please take time to read the proposals (available here: http://www.spj.org/proposedamendments.asp) and share them with your chapter members. Delegates…
DC Open Government Coalition opposes bill to make ANCs more secretive
The SPJ-DC Washington, DC, chapter is a member of the DC Open Government Coalition. At a July 6 hearing of the D.C. Council Committee on Housing and Community Development, the…
SPJ DC Watched the Loooong Nats v. Reds Game
A group of about a dozen Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter members and their friends and families attended Friday night’s Washington Nationals v. Cincinnati Reds baseball game…