Calling all student journalists!

Student journalists make a difference — don’t let their work go unrecognized! If you are a student journalist or if you know one, the SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards should be…

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FOIA and AI: Using one to uncover the other

During the Thanksgiving holiday, the Poynter Institute highlighted a piece from September on how a Seattle reporter used FOIA requests to see how city officials in Seattle city government were…

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Life After Journalism: A Baker’s Tale

Brian Noyes had a successful career in journalism, serving as art director for The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and Preservation Magazine. Even as he was immersed in his work, his…

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Mediafest25: Erasure of Black History and How To Cover It

Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer-Prize-winning creator of The 1619 Project and founder of Howard University’s Center for Journalism & Democracy, joined Howard colleague and former award-winning CNN executive producer Professor Jennifer Thomas…

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New Officers for SPJ Elected

Media executive, author and professor Chris R. Vaccaro is the Society of Professional Journalists’ 109th national president. Vaccaro, who has served as vice president of the organization this past year, was…

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