SPJ NorCal's Freedom of Information Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual James Madison Awards, which honor transparency work that advances the public's right to know. Read about the winners: spjnorcal.org/2026/02/14/s...
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NEWS We can finally share: AJP is investing $1.5 million in Mission Local! It's a tremendous validation of our neighborhood reporting model from one of the top journalism funders in the country. We've got big plans—& they're coming to a neighborhood near you.
American Journalism Project@theajp.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe're investing $1.5M in @missionlocal.org to expand its neighborhood-first, multilingual journalism across San Francisco. As it grows, Mission Local will deepen its impact, strengthen operations, and reach more San Franciscans with trusted, #localnews.
Pleased to pick up an @spj-norcal.bsky.social award with @lizagross.bsky.social for investigative reporting! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s... For this @insideclimatenews.org series: Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
Captured - Inside Climate News
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Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners « SPJ NorCal
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Call for nominations: Have you or someone you know advanced transparency, records access and the public's right to know in 2025? Submit an entry for the James Madison Freedom of Information Awards to honor First Amendment champions!
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: James Madison Freedom of Information Awards For 2025 Achievements « SPJ NorCal
SPJ NorCal’s Freedom of Information Committee is now accepting nominations for the 41st Annual James Madison Awards for 2025 achievements.
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Oakland Police must end its restrictive press policy, writes FAC, @spj-norcal.bsky.social and @pmwglocal39521.bsky.social firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/11/14/p...
Press advocates condemn Oakland Police Department’s press policy
Oakland Police Department must end its restrictive press policy.
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Proud to share that I've notched SPJ NorCal's award for education reporting (print/online) two years in a row, this time for my work with @thefrisc.bsky.social! Congrats to all the winners and hope to see you all at the ceremony in a couple weeks spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners « SPJ NorCal
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And a huge congratulations to all the other reporters and outlets who are taking home @spj-norcal.bsky.social prizes—all well-deserved. spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners « SPJ NorCal
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PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK Mission Local has won two SPJ NorCal Excellence in Journalism awards—for explanatory journalism & public service. Our stories looked into San Francisco's "alternative courts" & conditions at the 16th St. BART station. Onwards & upwards. spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
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
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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
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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!
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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! 😎
SPJ NorCal Chapter@spj-norcal.bsky.social · 12mo agoEver 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...
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
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Exciting news! We, Mission Local staff, are forming a union. Read our Mission Statement below. cwalocals.org/mission-loca...
Mission Local Guild
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📰 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.
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📣 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
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 · last yr.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
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 · last yr.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...
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...
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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...
You won’t want to miss this one!! RSVP at the link. www.eventbrite.com/e/san-quenti...
San Quentin Media Fest
A Fundraiser for the San Quentin State Prison Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California.
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SPJ NorCal Chapter@spj-norcal.bsky.social · last yr.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
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
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
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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.
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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 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
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We are monitoring the protests for any interactions with law enforcement that interfere with reporting and safety in doing so. Please reach out if this is the case. DM for survey link or email us, can also DM for Signal
A setback for The AP and for independent media tonight: "A federal appeals court will allow the White House to exclude the Associated Press from access to the Oval Office, Mar-a-Lago and Air Force One if it chooses, according to a new court order." www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/p...
White House ban on Associated Press can continue, appeals court rules | CNN Politics
A federal appeals court will allow the White House to exclude the Associated Press from access to the Oval Office, Mar-a-Lago and Air Force One if it chooses, according to a new court order in the ong...
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