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— Texas photojournalist missing in Mexico
— Honduran Radio Journalist Killed

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

Ricardo Sandoval
Assistant City Editor
Sacramento Bee
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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.

Ronnie Lovler, vice chair
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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.

Journalism and the World

Check out SPJ's International Journalism Committee Blog. Latest entries:

– Don’t forget the tilde: New Mexican president is Enrique Peña Nieto
– Texas photojournalist missing in Mexico
– Honduran Radio Journalist Killed
– Al Jazeera English Forced to Leave China
– French Journalist held by Colombian guerrillas
– Gangs, Government and Journalism in El Salvador
– Ecuador’s President Promises to Pardon Journalists
– SPJ President on Journalist Deaths in Syria
– When War Reporters are the Targets
– Violence Claims Two More Journalists in Syria

Blog: Journalism and the World

Journalism and the World

Check out SPJ's International Journalism Committee Blog. Latest entries:

– Don’t forget the tilde: New Mexican president is Enrique Peña Nieto
– Texas photojournalist missing in Mexico
– Honduran Radio Journalist Killed
– Al Jazeera English Forced to Leave China
– French Journalist held by Colombian guerrillas
– Gangs, Government and Journalism in El Salvador
– Ecuador’s President Promises to Pardon Journalists
– SPJ President on Journalist Deaths in Syria
– When War Reporters are the Targets
– Violence Claims Two More Journalists in Syria
Media Visa Campaign

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

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.
Fact Sheet on Foreign Press Credentials

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

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.

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

Read about the history of the Conventions, read the full texts, and more inside.

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.

Fact Sheet on Foreign Press Credentials

Each country has different requirements and procedures when it comes to obtaining and using press credentials. If you don't know where to start, these general guidelines might come in handy.

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.

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.