Recap of Sexual Assault Panel in December
Photo Credit: New England First Amendment Coalition Here's a Storify that our friends at the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) put together on our Covering Sexual Assault Panel at…
Chapter Joins Other News Orgs in Amicus Brief tied to Aug. 19th Free Speech Rally
The New England PRO Chapter of SPJ is pleased to join the ACLU of Massachusetts, the New England First Amendment Coalition and the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association in an amicus…
New York Times documentary screenings throughout New England
Courtesy of Green Fuse Films Thanks to Society of Professional Journalists Region 1 funding, the New York Times documentary "Obit" will be shown at schools in Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode…
Chapter Responds to New Police Policy in Vermont
In Response to "Press Release and Public Information Policy," featured in a recent article from the Columbia Journalism Review. "Allowing police to determine what information is newsworthy and how and…
First Round of Nominees In
Announcing the first round of candidates for the board: President -- Jordan Frias (incumbent) As the current president of this chapter, I would like to run again to be your…
SPJNE Releases 2017 Annual Report
Every year, SPJ chapters are required to complete annual reports in order to become voting delegates at the Excellence in Journalism Conference for that year. Here is what we've accomplished…
Success! SPJ Pizza Fundraiser/Summer Meetup Update
Source: Wikimedia Commons Thanks to all who participated in one of our first fundraisers that we had in a long time last Thursday. California Pizza Kitchen reports that we raised…
Pizza FUNdraiser meetup update
Our FUNdraiser is still scheduled for this Thursday, July 20 but meetup will start an hour later than planned, from 6 to 9:30 pm. If you can't make it to…
Fundraising Time! Eat and Drink with Us on July 20th!
Hey SPJ members, Would you like to meet up this summer to chat about things over a drink and a meal? Well we'll be hosting our "SPJ Summer Celebration Meetup"…
Victory for Vermont reporters, sources and journalism!
Today Governor Phil Scott signed into law the following shield law, which protects journalists from fear of being subpoenaed to testify and reveal confidential sources in court. The approved bill…