'Californians may find their Google results bereft of local news links Friday morning as the search giant escalates its fight against a landmark state bill aimed at forcing tech giants to pay online publishers.'
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Join us for #SPJEthicsWeek , starting Monday! You can check out the SPJ Ethics Week webpage to see all the webinars being hosted by the SPJ Ethics Committee. ⬇️
spj.org/ethicsweek-eve…

As a curtain-raiser for #SPJEthicsWeek , SPJDC hosted a webinar with Margaret Sullivan and Barton Gellman on the stakes of covering the 2024 election and how journalists can cover it ethically.

📹 The replay is now available. youtube.com/watch?v=rQCWoB…

“You can’t serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.” — Carl Bernstein #FreePressFriday spj.org/a-fellowsOTS.a…

With #SPJEthicsWeek coming up, do you know of a journalist or news organization that has performed in an outstanding ethical manner by demonstrating the ideals of the SPJ Code of Ethics? Nominate them for the SPJ Ethics in Journalism Awards! spj.org/a-ethics.asp

Journalist Catherine Herridge testified at a hearing today on Capitol Hill: 'I hope that I am the last journalist who has to spend two years in the federal courts fighting to protect my confidential sources.'
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Tonight at 7 Eastern: The Press Club of Long Island will delve into the good, the bad and the ugly of AI. Jay Allred, Nikita Roy and Zachary Richner will join this panel discussion, moderated by PCLI treasurer Jeff Bessen. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

To round out #SPJEthicsWeek , join Fred Brown, Seth Masket, Noah Pransky and Emily Swanson for a webinar on reporting polls ethically during election season.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

10 more movies have been added to Quill's ranked journalism movies list with Midwest Film Journal. The addition of these movies brings the list up to 190 movies in total!

Read the list now ⬇️ quillmag.com/2024/04/09/sco…

Joe Kahn, executive editor of The New York Times, will zoom into the SPJ Region 1 Conference on April 19 at 1:15 p.m. to talk about his illustrious journalism career, the future of the journalism, and opportunities for students and post grads at the The New York Times.
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Joe Kahn

So enjoyed catching up with Society of Professional Journalists leaders of yesterday and today at our Chicago board meetings over the weekend. A dinner honoring long-time SPJ Foundation treasurer Howard Dubin (center) was a highlight.

For #SPJEthicsWeek , join Danielle McLean, Tat Bellamy-Walker, TJ Billard | NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW, Christina Kahrl and Kate Sosin of 19thnews for a discussion of how to responsibly cover transgender people and the issues they face during election season.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

SPJ strongly condemns the removal of Colorado Sun reporter sandra fish 🐠 from the Colorado State Republican Assembly.

“Politicians don’t get to decide who covers them and doing so sets a dangerous precedent,' said SPJ President SPJ President.

Read more: spj.org/news.asp?REF=3…

#SPJEthicsWeek is coming up, starting April 15! We're kicking it off with a webinar featuring Chris Roberts, Louis Jacobson and Lori Robertson on properly fact-checking in a world full of misinformation at 1:30 p.m. EDT April 15.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Fellowships, #grants + #awards on our blog this week for journalists, artists, and documentary creatives:
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#FundingAlerts are a feature of our Spark training program, proudly funded in part by a grant from Society of Professional Journalists

SPJ Colorado condemns the actions instigated by state GOP leaders against sandra fish 🐠 at the Colorado Republican Assembly. Interfering with and attempting to suppress journalists from covering matters of civic engagement is an offense to democracy. coloradospj.wordpress.com/2024/04/08/spj…

SPJ recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 6 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. Congratulations to the student winners from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin! spj.org/news.asp?REF=3…

Politicians don’t get to choose who covers them and they certainly don’t get to define who a journalist is or isn’t. These actions are outrageous and a total affront to the 1st Amendment. sandra fish 🐠 had every right to be in the CO GOP Assembly that day! #JournalismIsNotACrime

Join SPJ Georgia's Chris Armond and WABE News' Marisa Mecke in a conversation about the role of environmental journalism and much more. Sign up here: ticketsource.us/spj-georgia/su…

Much thanks to Houston Chronicle EIC KellyAnnScott for meeting yest w/SPJ members & guests. It was a great conversation. #HoustonChronicle #HoustonSPJ #houstonmedia