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.

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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…

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Kazakh Journalists Meet With Chapter Leaders

By Alice Ollstein How do you distinguish between trustworthy news and propaganda? Is it ethical to accept gifts from a source? How can we keep publishing serious stories when our…

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Tick-Tock: SPJ DC Dateline Awards/Hall of Fame Dinner Coming Up

The time is approaching! The SPJ DC celebration of the best of local journalism (Dateline Awards), the induction of three new members into the Washington, DC Journalism Hall of Fame…

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D.C.-Focused Reporters on the Decline, SPJ DC Panelists Agree

This is a uniquely challenging time to be a reporter covering District of Columbia news and government, panelists agreed at a May 4 Society of Professional Journalists event. All three…

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