Open letter to Washington Post: Controls on press access at FDA meant baby formula shortage not reported before there was a crisis

From PR Office Censorship, a blog by Kathryn Foxhall, freedom of information advocate and member of the board of directors of the SPJ Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter Open Letter to…

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Chapter calls on area senators to use confirmation process to ensure access to government officials, protect press freedoms

November 23, 2020 – The Washington, D.C. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists today called on the U.S. Senators from Virginia and Maryland to use the confirmation process to…

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BLAST FROM THE PAST – April 9, 2015: Journalists blocked from talking with government scientists

While the DC SPJ chapter works out what kind of programming we can do and what services we can provide our members during the #COVID19 shutdowns, we thought people might…

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