SPJ DC Chapter hosts discussion with Turkish journalists visiting Washington

The Washington, D.C., SPJ Pro chapter met with a group of visiting Turkish journalists. The group was hosted by the International Visitors Program, run out of the US State Department….

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SPJ joins in asylum victory celebration for Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez Soto

Journalists in Washington celebrated the end of a 15-year battle to protect one of our own. Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez Soto was feted at the National Press Club Nov. 29…

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DC Pro Chapter Freedom of Information advocate helped alert Yale Law School media clinic about government agency gag rules

Photo by Nellie Adamyan on Unsplash UPDATE: The Pittsburg Post-Gazette editorial board weighed in on this lawsuit: Editorial: Pittsburgh journalist’s lawsuit could transform government transparency The editorial says, in part:…

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DC Pro Chapter VP opinion piece discusses Marion County Record case and its impact on democratic society

SPJ DC Pro Chapter Vice President Celia Wexler, expressing her own opinions not those of the chapter, looked at how the police raid on the Marion County (Kansas) Record is…

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SPJ calls Kansas newspaper office raid that halted operations ‘threat to democracy’

Photo courtesy of Bank Phrom on Unsplash.com On Friday, August 11, 2023, the local police department, aided by county sheriff’s deputies, raided the office of the Marion County Record in…

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