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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · 4d

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UC Berkeley Journalism @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social · Aug 4

New database just published by @latimes.com, @sfchronicle.com, @kqednews.kqed.org + CalMatters and built by Berkeley Journalism's IRP, @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social BIDS + @biglocalnews.bsky.social makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records. journalism.berkeley.edu/police-recor...

A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records

For Immediate Release August 4, 2025 Contact: [email protected] A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records ...

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · 4d

This Wednesday, join @pickoffwhite.bsky.social + @emilymzentner.bsky.social to learn how to use the searchable database of more than 1.5 million police use-of-force and misconduct records.

How To Report With The Police Records Access Project Database

Training on searchable database of California police use-of-force and misconduct records

www.eventbrite.com

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · 12d

COMING SOON: Did you know there's now a searchable database of California police misconduct records? Join us and the California Reporting Project's for a special training on how to harness this tool

Register now for the Oct. 8 event! Details here www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-rep...

How To Report With The Police Records Access Project Database

Training on searchable database of California police use-of-force and misconduct records

www.eventbrite.com

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 21

@eltimpano.bsky.social @eltecolotesf.bsky.social @sanjosespotlight.com @northbaynews.bsky.social @mercurynews.com @thevallejosun.bsky.social @openvallejo.org @sfexaminer.bsky.social

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our 2025 Excellence in Journalism contest is now open! Submit your work by Sept. 11 for awards consideration, and please nominate journalists for our board awards. Info on eligible work and how to submit below

spjnorcal.org/2025/08/21/s...

SPJ NorCal 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards Contest « SPJ NorCal

Know a journalist who has done brilliant work over the past year? Someone who does whatever it takes to get the story, photo or video? Whose dedication to our craft is second to none? Maybe that journalist is you!

spjnorcal.org

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Bill Thornbro @billthornbro.bsky.social · Aug 19

If you're a reporter in the vicinity, check this out. Yes, I'm a Society of Professional Journalists member. I'm also a fan of the Internet Archive. Among the documents Wayback has preserved are remnants (0s and 1s, really) of my web magazine, ENTER (1994-1999).

Ah, we were internet pioneers! 😎

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ever relied on the Wayback Machine to recover lost work, deleted statements by politicians, find old TV news clips and for other research? Go deeper with a hands-on training on Thurs, Sept. 4 @archive.org! Coming up soon, register for the free event below www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-w...

Workshop: Wayback Machine for journalists

Hands-on training of the Wayback Machine geared toward journalists

www.eventbrite.com

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Mission Local Guild @missionlocalguild.bsky.social · Aug 18

Exciting news! We, Mission Local staff, are forming a union.

Read our Mission Statement below.

cwalocals.org/mission-loca...

Mission Local Guild

cwalocals.org

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Columbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · Aug 18

📰 Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza

In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...

Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza

Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.

www.cjr.org

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · Aug 18

📣 Calling recent grads! YOJO by iMEdD is hiring early-career reporters for a cutting-edge, digital-first newsroom.

Apply by Aug 31: https://twp.ai/9PU9nD

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 15

How often do we take the time to really absorb the work of incarcerated journalists? You won't want to miss this chance to, happening tomorrow eve

SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 7

Next Saturday 8/16, our chapter and @kalwradio.bsky.social
are hosting a fundraiser for our San Quentin State Prison Chapter. Don’t miss this rare gathering of powerful voices and creative visionaries who are changing the narrative around incarceration—from the inside out

SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 13

Happening tonight! Speakers include SFGATE’s editor-in-chief @grantmarek.bsky.social, Le Temps video journalist Cathy Dogon, Catchlight CEO @elodiemailliet.bsky.social and @alexandraulmer.bsky.social, U.S. National Affairs Correspondent for Reuters in San Francisco

SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 7

You can also join us next Wednesday 8/13 for an invite-only mixer that will bring together Swiss and US journalists to explore challenges, from financial pressures to algorithmic bubbles, and examine how different media systems and professional cultures are responding. lu.ma/wf59qj15?utm...

Journalism Mixer · Luma

On August 13, Swiss and US journalists get together for an honest cross-cultural conversation about the state of journalism today and what the future of the…

lu.ma

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 12

and if you were laid off recently, you can apply for a 6-month dues waiver here www.spj.org/membership-d...

Membership dues waiver request form

If you are a current SPJ member who has recently been laid off from your full-time job and are unable to renew your SPJ membership due to financial hardship, you may be eligible to have your membershi...

www.spj.org

SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 12

MEMBERS: Today is the last day to vote in board elections. If you are an active SPJ NorCal member and did not receive instructions to do vote, please get in touch ASAP. You can renew your membership here www.spj.org/become-a-mem...

Become a Member: Membership Rates

For more than 100 years the Society of Professional Journalists has been dedicated to encouraging a climate in which journalism can be practiced more freely and fully, stimulating high standards and e...

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 11

SPJ NorCal is troubled by the alleged conditions that led to this lawsuit on behalf of The Stanford Daily, and support the student journalists now leading the fight against the federal government for free speech that's ensnared noncitizens www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

The Stanford Daily alleges its ability to do news and opinion journalism, the core of its mission, has been hindered by the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. A student reporter quit the paper, the lawsuit says, while others have refused to publish articles, asked to have their names removed or petitioned to have entire articles deleted.

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration are trying to turn the inalienable human right of free speech into a privilege contingent upon the whims of a federal bureaucrat, triggering deportation proceedings against noncitizens residing lawfully in this country for their protected political speech regarding American and Israeli foreign policy," the lawsuit says.

At Stanford, international students' fear of having their visas revoked or being deported for being associated with certain viewpoints has impacted their right to free speech, the lawsuit argues.
Greta Reich, editor in chief of the Stanford Daily, said in a statement that student reporters fear "being associated with speaking on political topics, even in a journalistic capacity." She previously told The Post that international students are also reluctant to be quoted in the newspaper.

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kalwradio.bsky.social @kalwradio.bsky.social · Aug 8

You won’t want to miss this one!! RSVP at the link.

www.eventbrite.com/e/san-quenti...

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 7

You can also join us next Wednesday 8/13 for an invite-only mixer that will bring together Swiss and US journalists to explore challenges, from financial pressures to algorithmic bubbles, and examine how different media systems and professional cultures are responding. lu.ma/wf59qj15?utm...

Journalism Mixer · Luma

On August 13, Swiss and US journalists get together for an honest cross-cultural conversation about the state of journalism today and what the future of the…

lu.ma

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 7

A look at some of the powerful storytelling that will be shared before a panel discussion. RSVP here! www.eventbrite.com/e/san-quenti...

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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social · Aug 7

Next Saturday 8/16, our chapter and @kalwradio.bsky.social
are hosting a fundraiser for our San Quentin State Prison Chapter. Don’t miss this rare gathering of powerful voices and creative visionaries who are changing the narrative around incarceration—from the inside out

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · Jun 13

Without journalists, we wouldn't know what's happening beyond our front doors. That's why FAC and free press partners such as @lapressclub.bsky.social‬ @freedom.press‬ @spj-norcal.bsky.social‬ have been working tirelessly all week to defend press rights.
firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fi...

Fighting for Press Rights at California Protests

See the 2024 Impact Report >>

firstamendmentcoalition.org

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · Jul 21

FAC, @spj-norcal.bsky.social, Pacific Workers Media Guild oppose a Modesto law that prohibits possession of safety gear like gas masks or helmets at protests. Reporters should not have to choose between their personal safety and doing their jobs. firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/07/21/c...

Coalition Urges Modesto to Roll Back Local Law that Criminalizes Use of Safety Gear Used by Journalists

Journalists should not have to risk their health and safety to do their jobs and cover the news.

firstamendmentcoalition.org

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jun 12

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.

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Thomas Peele @thomaspeele61.bsky.social · Jun 8

The assassin of #Oakland #journalist Chauncey Bailey has been released from state prison well short of the
sentence he received for testifying against the shotcaller and an accomplice
chaunceybaileyproject.org The Chauncey Bailey Project

The Chauncey Bailey Project

Investigating the Killing of a Journalist

chaunceybaileyproject.org

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Jun 10

www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation linked to governor's wife

The Orlando Sentinel received the letter Friday from the state Department of Children and Families, whose top official is appointed by the governor.

www.latimes.com

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