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International Journalism
SPJ and CPJ join forces to protect journalists worldwide
SPJ and the Committee to Protect Journalists are teaming up to defend journalists worldwide. To read the latest news, and to find out how you can help, please visit www.cpj.org.
Journalism and the World:
Check out SPJ's International Journalism Committee Blog. Latest entries:
• Bombs thrown at journalist’s home in Tabasco
• China offers new training for journalists but not new policies (Update)
• McCloy Journalism Fellowship: Travel grants to Germany
Arab American journalists, through the National Arab American Journalists Association, are working closely with SPJ to help encourage Arab American journalists to join the SPJ. We are hoping to do several things here, and all are welcome to participate.
SPJ-Korea Exchange:
The Journalists Association of Korea, in conjunction with the International Federation of Journalists, hosted a special conference from March 11-16 aimed at “Peace and Reconciliation of the Korean Peninsula.” Representing SPJ at the special conference were Region 4 Director Kevin Smith and Quill editor Joe Skeel. Follow them on their trip via a regularly-updated travel diary, and see pictures of what they saw.
A Journalist’s Lessons From Ghana:
Television reporter Kai Jackson made a life-changing journey to Ghana, and he returned with several lessons on how to practice journalism in a foreign country. Journalists contemplating working abroad will find Jackson's insights invaluable. Additionally, SPJ Members can view an 18-minute video with highlights from Jackson's trip.
Media Visa Campaign:
While tourists and businesspeople from friendly countries are allowed to stay in the United States for up to three months without a visa, journalists are required to obtain visas no matter how short their stays. The International Journalism Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists is working to change that.
Reference guide to the Geneva Conventions:
The SPJ's Journalist's Guide to the Geneva Conventions is online and read by people in more than 60 different countries. Use the alphabetical index to find out what the Conventions say about everything from access to grave sites to wounded prisoners of war. Read about the history of the Conventions, read the full texts, and more inside.
Guidelines for Countering Racial, Ethnic and Religious Profiling:
The Society of Professional Journalists passed a resolution urging members and fellow journalists to take steps against racial profiling in their coverage of the war on terrorism and to redouble their commitment to use language that is informative and not inflammatory, portray other cultures and religions fairly and seek truth through a variety of voices and perspectives.
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See archive for more articles
Quill: Quill Feature: Between the Sword and the Wall
Quill: Quill Feature: The Rebirth of Photojournalism
Quill: Quill Feature: When It All Pays Off
Quill: Global Toolbox
Quill: Profile: SPJ member Dan Kubiske
Quill: Ten - with Charles Sennott
News: SPJ calls for an end to violence against journalists in Mexico
Quill: Quill Feature: Three's Company
Quill: Global Toolbox
— What It Takes to Work Abroad
— A Journalist’s Lessons From Ghana
Fellowships and Awards:
Browse this list of internatinal fellowships and awards from a wide variety of organizations. Opportunities are available both for American and international journalists.
Fact Sheet on Foreign Press Credentials:
Each country has different requirements and procedures when it comes to obtaining and using press credentials. Some require no accreditation at all, while others try to make sure reporters are accompanied by information ministry officials nearly all the time. If you don't know where to start, these general guidelines might come in handy.
War Journalism Resources:
Understand the risks, learn to stay safe, get the credentials you need and more with this helpful collection of articles, guides and tips.
Resolving Ethical Conflicts in Wartime:
Journalists face unprecedented ethical pressures during times of war. Here are some questions — many of them overlapping — that journalists might consider in resolving ethical conflicts on issues ranging from disclosure of troop positions to publication of disturbing photos to evaluation of government demands to suppress “enemy propaganda.”
Reading Room:
Check out a selection of relevant international journalism articles, presented in full, from the pages of Quill Magazine. For more than 100 years, Quill has been a respected and sought-after resource for journalists, industry leaders, students and educators on issues central to journalism.
Teaching at an all-female university in Dubai poses serious challenges:
“I had taught in the Middle East in the late 1990s, so I already knew the geographical distance between a classroom in America and a Middle Eastern classroom was nothing compared to the cultural differences I would soon encounter there as a journalism professor at an all-female Arab university.”
IJC History:
The International Journalism Committee and its Press Freedom Network have been an important part of SPJ history for the past several years. Visit inside for highlights, important developments, reports and more.
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Journalism and the World:
SPJ's International Journalism Committee Blog
• Bombs thrown at journalist’s home in Tabasco
• China offers new training for journalists but not new policies (Update)
• McCloy Journalism Fellowship: Travel grants to Germany
International Journalism Committee
The International Journalism Committee works to improve and protect
international journalism and encourage the free practice of journalism in all
countries.
For the purposes of this committee, international journalism is
defined as any journalism that involves foreign journalists, that takes place
overseas, or that deals with international affairs.
To improve international journalism, the committee will do some
or all of the following:
— Write articles about international journalism for Quill.
— Put together a panel on a topic related to international journalism at the
annual convention.
— Lend assistance to journalists when they ask for our help, both American and
foreign, to the extent we are able to do so.
— Create resources of use to international journalists and make them available
via the Web, printed guidebooks, or other means to both foreign and American
journalists.
— Find ways to bring foreign journalists to the U.S. and American journalists
overseas for fellowships, conferences, and other educational purposes.
To protect international journalism, the committee will do some or all of the following:
— Draft press releases and letters on behalf of international
journalism or international journalists.
— Lobby Congress in favor of measures that support international journalism.
— Work with other organizations on international projects related to freedom
of speech, freedom of information, and similar issues.
— Act as a watchdog on U.S. government agencies that may attempt to restrict
international journalism.
Are you interested in serving on the committee? Please contact our committee chairs to find out how you can help.
International Journalism Committee Chair
Ronnie Lovler
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Bio (click to expand)
Ronnie Lovler is associate director of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at San Francisco State University. She is also senior writer for the nonprofit Newsdesk.org, and its public-interest news service, “News You Might Have Missed”. In addition to serving as international committee chair, Ronnie is a member of the executive board of the northern California chapter of SPJ. Ronnie taught journalism at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to San Francisco.
Ronnie’s journalism career spans several decades. She served as bureau chief and correspondent for CNN in Latin America for almost 10 years. During her time at CNN, she reported from every country in Latin America. She also worked for CBS News, The Weather Channel and The Associated Press, as well as The San Juan Star in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was part of a team of observers headed by President Jimmy Carter monitoring electoral processes in Nicaragua (2001) and Venezuela (2004). During the 2005 U.S. hurricane season, Ms. Lovler worked with the American Red Cross as a volunteer crisis communicator and public information officer. She received her undergraduate degree from Ohio State University and her graduate degree in communications at the University of Florida.
Ricardo Sandoval, vice chair
Assistant City Editor
Sacramento Bee
Bio (click to expand)
Ricardo Sandoval is Assistant City Editor at the Sacramento Bee newspaper. He supervises the paper’s environment, science and regional development teams of reporters. Before joining The Bee, Sandoval was a foreign correspondent, based in Mexico City, for the Dallas Morning News and Knight Ridder Newspapers. Sandoval was born in Mexico and raised in San Diego, California. He graduated with a journalism degree from Humboldt State University in Northern California. His career has spanned three decades and has included award-winning coverage of California agriculture, immigration, the savings and loan scandal and the deregulation of public utility companies. His list of awards includes the Overseas Press Club, the InterAmerican Press Club, the Gerald Loeb prize for business journalism and two honors from the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Sandoval co-authored — with his wife, journalist Susan Ferriss — the biography “The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement” published in 1997 by Harcourt.
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