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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 5d

🗓️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

Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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

🏆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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 14d

☀️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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 14d

🎉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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 21d

🎉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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 21d

🎉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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 26d

📢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

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College Media Association @collegemedia.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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Long Lead @longlead.com · Jul 13

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

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Altavoz Lab @altavozlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · Jul 7

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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jul 7

CC: @womenpressfreedom.bsky.social, @facoalition.bsky.social, @freedom.press, @nppa.org, @rtdna.bsky.social, @sejorg.bsky.social

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jul 7

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...

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National Press Club Journalism Institute @npcinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 7

#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...

Balancing expression and impartiality in the newsroom: A Q&A with SPJ’s ethics chair - Journalism Institute

After ABC’s Terry Moran was suspended over a social media post, questions around how journalists balance personal expression with professional impartiality — especially in today’s hyper-partisan envir...

www.pressclubinstitute.org

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Melanie McFarland @mctelevision.bsky.social · Jul 3

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?...

2024 Sigma Delta Chi Awards Announcement

YouTube video by Society of Professional Journalists

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Jamy @jamyf.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jul 1

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...

Announcing the 2024 Sigma Delta Chi Awards, MOEy and Corbin Gwaltney winners

Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909

www.spj.org

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Beth Healy @bethhealy.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jun 30

🗓️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

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congratulations!

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Chad Bradley @chadebradley.bsky.social · Jul 2

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-...

Sigma Delta Chi Awards: 2024 Honorees

The Sigma Delta Chi Awards date back to 1932, when the Society first honored six individuals for contributions to journalism. The current program began in 1939, when the organization awarded the first...

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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · Jul 1

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...

Announcing the 2024 Sigma Delta Chi Awards, MOEy and Corbin Gwaltney winners

Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909

www.spj.org

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