Tag: Press freedom
Celebrating World Press Freedom Day in Washington
May 3 was declared World Press Freedom Day by the United Nations in 1993. Since then, journalists and press freedom advocates around the world have celebrated the day with conferences…
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…
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…