SPJ supports full transparency in the prosecution of the suspect in commentator Charlie Kirk’s killing. Open court proceedings are a cornerstone of accountability, accuracy and public trust. 🔗Read the full statement: bit.ly/4nRRK30

As the federal shutdown disrupts access to information and public services, SPJ reminds journalists of their vital role: keeping communities informed. 💡Here are tips to maintain ethical, accurate and impactful reporting during the shutdown:

SPJ is partnering with The EC Agency (formerly EmComm), the student-run, faculty-advised digital marketing agency at Emerson College, to strengthen SPJ’s marketing and communications strategy. 🔗Learn more about the partnership: www.spj.org/spj-partners...

Join SPJ and the New England Pro Chapter on Zoom for a discussion at 8 p.m. EDT today between SPJ National President Chris Vaccaro and Emily Glazer, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the Wall Street Journal. 🤳Scan the QR Code to RSVP: www.facebook.com/share/16Uueo...

SPJ has announced the creation of a new Advocacy Committee, a key initiative under newly elected SPJ National President Chris R. Vaccaro. 🔗Learn more about the Advocacy Committee: www.spj.org/spj-launches...

SPJ is proud to announce its newly elected officers, at-large directors and regional coordinators. SPJ elections were held at #MediaFest25, Washington, D.C. Winners were announced Oct. 18 during the closing membership meeting; those present took their oaths. 🔗Read more: www.spj.org/spj-welcomes...

The SPJ Foundation is pleased to announce its 2025-26 board of directors, confirmed by unanimous vote at its Oct. 17 meeting during #MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C. 🔗View the full list of board members and officers: www.spj.org/spj-foundati...

🏆Thank you to Dean Baquet, Valeria Fernández and Kat Tenbarge, SPJ Fellows of the Society, for joining us at #MediaFest25. They led a powerful conversation Friday about the current state and future of journalism. We’re proud to recognize them with SPJ’s highest professional honor.

The SPJ Foundation Board of Directors voted Friday, during its meeting at MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C., to award $75,000 in grants to nine journalism organizations and SPJ chapters across the country. 🔗View the full list of grant recipients: www.spj.org/spj-foundati...

SPJ is proud to honor Frank LoMonte with the Wells Memorial Key, SPJ’s highest honor for a member. 🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/frank-lomont...

Media executive, author and professor Chris R. Vaccaro is the Society of Professional Journalists’ 109th national president. Vaccaro was sworn in during the Presidents Reception today at #MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C. 🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/chris-r-vacc...

🎉SPJ has honored a select group of chapters in its annual Circle of Excellence Awards. The winners were recognized during the Open Membership Meeting Wednesday evening at #MediaFest25, in Washington, D.C. 🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-chapters...

🎉SPJ is proud to announce the winners of its Pro Chapter of the Year, Campus Chapter of the Year and Campus Program of the Year awards. The winners were recognized at the Opening Membership Meeting at #MediaFest25 Wednesday evening. 🔗Read more: www.spj.org/spj-announce...

🎉Enter now for your chance to win a 6-session Gold Coaching Package with Aquiline Coaching — valued at $1375! One package will go to a professional journalist, and one to a journalism student. Only MediaFest25 attendees are eligible.👇 🔗Enter now: aquilinecoaching.com/mediafest25-...

🎉SPJ is proud to recognize a distinguished group of campus chapters that have shown excellence in advancing the SPJ's mission, supporting its members and strengthening the journalism profession. 🔗View the full list of finalists and regional honorees: www.spj.org/spj-announce...

🎉SPJ is proud to recognize a select group of chapters that are being honored for their work in supporting the Society’s missions, members and the journalism profession. 🔗View the full list of finalists for 2025 Large and Small Chapter of the Year: www.spj.org/spj-announce...

🚨#MediaFest25 is just ONE week away! It’s not too late to join SPJ, @collegemedia.bsky.social and the Associated Collegiate Press Oct. 15-18 in Washington, D.C. 🔗Register now: mediafest25.com Learn more about what's in store⬇️

🗓️It's October 3rd... which means #MediaFest25 is just 12 days away! So, what are you waiting for? 🔗Register now to join us Oct. 15-18 in Washington, D.C.: mediafest25.com

SPJ strongly condemns recent attacks by federal agents on journalists reporting on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and protests around the country. 🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-condemns...

🏆The SPJ Foundation recognizes The State News of Michigan State University with the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award for its investigative series “Inside the Nassar Documents,” which covers the university’s handling of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. www.spj.org/spj-foundati...

☀️Congratulations to the 2025 Sunshine Award Winners! - Jason Leopold, Bloomberg - The Chicago Headline Club - St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project 🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-announce...

🎉The SPJ Foundation has selected journalists Laura Harbert Allen, Sarah Conway and Bradford William Davis to share the $100,000 Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Public Service Journalism. 🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-foundati...

SPJ has joined a coalition of press freedom, civil liberties organizations and journalism educators in a letter urging officials in Kenton County, Kentucky, to drop the charges pending against journalists Madeline Fening and Lucas Griffith. 🔗Read the full letter: www.spj.org/spj-coalitio...

SPJ is proud to announce the winners of the Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism, Robert D.G. Lewis First Amendment and Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Awards. 🎉Congratulations to Makayla Gray, Julia Senzon and Juan Gonzales. 🔗Read more: www.spj.org/spj-announce...

🎉SPJ is excited to welcome 2025 Terry Harper Scholars — Laken Gayle Kincaid and Jillian Melero — to #MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15-18. The scholarship honors the late Terry Harper, SPJ’s executive director from 2002 to 2009. 🔗Read more: www.spj.org/spj-announce...

🎉Congratulations to Laura J. Downey, immediate past president of the SPJ Georgia Pro Chapter and Wesley Wright, SPJ At-Large Director. They will be honored with the Howard S. Dubin Award at #MediaFest25 for outstanding contributions to SPJ. 🔗Read more: www.spj.org/laura-j-down...

📢SPJ is excited to announce Jabin Botsford and Demetrius Freeman, Washington Post photojournalists and Margaret Talev, director of Syracuse University's Institute for Democracy, as keynote speakers for #MediaFest25. Join us Oct. 15-18 in Washington, D.C. You won't want to miss it! bit.ly/3VP9Rec

Start making plans for D.C.! Registration is now open for MediaFest25 sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press, CMA and @spj-posts.bsky.social. Join us for the nation’s largest gathering of college media students and advisers Oct. 15-18 in Washington, D.C. Details: mediafest25.com

This has always been illegal, as our reporting showed in THE PEOPLE VS. RUBBER BULLETS, a Webby and @spj-posts.bsky.social Sigma Delta Chi Award winning feature by @linrodmcrob.bsky.social for @longlead.com. Just ask @killermartinis.bsky.social. Rubberbullets.longlead.com

Congratulations to Altavoz Lab CEO and founder, @valeriafernandez.bsky.social, for her recognition as an @spj-posts.bsky.social Fellow of Society. Along with journalists @kattenbarge.bsky.social and Dean Baquet, she received SPJ's highest professional honor. www.quillmag.com/2025/07/07/2...

Registration is now open for #MediaFest25! Join SPJ, @collegemedia.bsky.social and Associated Collegiate Press in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15-18, for a unique and inspiring journalism convention experience, bringing together professional and student journalists. mediafest25.com

Anti-doxing laws, if not drafted carefully, could become tools to punish legitimate journalism and public advocacy. Read the letter we signed with eight other organizations urging the Uniform Law Commission to pause potential legislation: www.spj.org/spj-urges-ca...

SPJ, joined by eight organizations, has urged the Uniform Law Commission to pause efforts to draft model anti-doxing legislation, warning that such laws risk becoming tools to punish legitimate journalism and public advocacy. Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-urges-ca...

#SocialMedia: How should journalists balance personal expression with professional impartiality? We asked @spj-posts.bsky.social Ethics Chair Michael Koretzky about today’s polarized media landscape — and why “saying nothing” might be the smartest move. www.pressclubinstitute.org/2025/07/01/b...

Grateful to be honored with the 2024 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Cultural Criticism from @spj-posts.bsky.social ! Thank you SPJ for the nice things you say about my work in your announcement. & thanks @erinkeane.bsky.social for submitting my stories, which I'll link below. youtu.be/SIlPTBBFFHI?...

It is my honor to be a recipient of the 2024 #SDXAwards, category Fact-checking. Thank you @spj-posts.bsky.social 🙂

Congrats on 1st place Public Service Radio Journalism to the great @simonfrios.bsky.social @wbur.org from @spj-posts.bsky.social - for his series on Haitian migrants trying to make their way in Boston. And congrats to @moranwriter.bsky.social - 1st place science reporting on Cape Cod Septic Systems

SPJ is deeply disappointed by Paramount Global’s decision to settle with President Donald Trump over his lawsuit against “60 Minutes.” “This is not just a legal settlement — it’s a travesty,” said SPJ President @emilybloch.com. Read the full statement here: www.spj.org/paramount-se...

It's an honor to receive the Sigma Delta Chi Award from @spj-posts.bsky.social for "Failure to Comply," our NAGPRA in AZ project. Many thanks to Madison Perales, our cohort & our editors! Repatriation remains important to me & my Indigenous relatives. Ahéhee! www.spj.org/sigma-delta-...

Congratulations to the winners announced during the virtual #SDXAwards presentation! The awards honored outstanding professional journalism. The MOEy and Corbin Gwaltney Awards for Best All-Around Student Newspapers were also announced. www.spj.org/announcing-t...

🗓️Join us tonight for the 2024 Sigma Delta Chi Awards ceremony! SDX winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony along with the winner of the MOEy, the SPJ top prize given to students who entered the 2024 MOE awards competition. www.spj.org/sigma-delta-... #SDXAwards

The arrest of journalist Mario Guevara while filming protests in Atlanta on June 12 and the subsequent detention by ICE are extremely alarming. The Trump admin needs to release him without delay and drop charges against him immediately. Read our letter with 8 other orgs: cpj.org/wp-content/u...

Tomorrow is the LAST day to submit to the Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Public Service Journalism. 🔗 Read more and submit now: www.spj.org/eugene-c-pul...

@spj-posts.bsky.social national president Emily Bloch said, “Mr. Guevara seems to have been clearly identified as press, and while we are still looking into the details, based on what we know, he should not have been prevented from doing his job, much less taken into custody.”

The Marines and National Guard shouldn't be deployed to protests in LA, Texas or anywhere else. But since they are, we led a letter from press freedom groups explaining the basics of journalists' rights when covering demonstrations, and offering our help. media.freedom.press/media/docume...

SPJ and its chapters, SPJ LA, @spj-norcal.bsky.social and SPJ San Diego, have joined letters led by @facoalition.bsky.social, @lapressclub.bsky.social and @freedom.press expressing concern over officers’ treatment of journalists covering protests related to ICE operations in LA.

The deployment of federal agencies to LA may be getting the headlines, but many of the most serious abuses have come from local police. We helped lead a letter to the LAPD and LASD reminding them of journalists' rights and the liability they're risking: media.freedom.press/media/docume...

Journalists covering protests, SPJ has you covered. Check out our resource page with safety tips, legal info and reporting guidance. As protests continue to shape narratives nationwide, journalists play a crucial role in delivering accurate and impactful stories. 🔗 www.spj.org/resources-fo...

The targeting of reporters in LA is inexcusable. The public interest in press coverage of protests couldn’t be more self-evident. We helped lead this letter to remind federal officers of journalists’ constitutional right to report on civil unrest. media.freedom.press/media/docume...

Applications to be a part of the SPJ News team are being accepted. 10 student journalists will be selected to cover presentations and events at #MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C. The deadline is June 27. www.spj.org/the-spj-news/