The January/February 2012 issue of Quill is now online. Stories include:

– Egyptian Press Struggles For Its Own Revolution
– From the President
– Quill at 100
– For Love of Community
– Reflections from Wheat Country
– 10 from Ten
– Member Profile - Austin Kiplinger
– Global Toolbox
– Education Toolbox
– Diversity Toolbox

To see all stories, follow this link.

This collection of position papers, produced by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Ethics Committee, is intended to clarify SPJ’s position on specific ethical themes that frequently arise in journalism, and also to provide better guidance for journalists, academics, students and the public when consulting the SPJ Code of Ethics.

The following papers are available for immediate reference, with more — on using anonymous sources, plagiarism, undercover reporting, dealing with victims of tragedy, handling diversity coverage, privacy and news media accountability — to release over the coming months:

Newly available: Checkbook Journalism
Money can corrupt almost anything it touches, and that certainly includes the news. The practice of paying for information, known as checkbook journalism, threatens to corrupt journalism. Continue reading Checkbook Journalism

Also Available:
— Using the SPJ Code
— Political Involvement

– Five Tips to Make Journalism Grad School an Easy Journey
– Notes from the Executive Committee meeting in Charlotte
– Social Media Coordinator and Editor: Mutually Exclusive?
– Five Newsletters You Should Be Getting
– Don’t believe everything you read on Craigslist
– Social Media Weekend: A worthwhile venture – and hashtag
– The Working Press reporting interns: Life in the staff lane
– On the Hunt for Microfilm
– The state of SPJ – remarks to the Greater Charlotte chapter
– The keys to good journalism

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– SPJ bestows highest honor upon former President Al Cross
– Ensslin assumes SPJ presidency
– Delegates reject reviving Helen Thomas award
– Unity strives to resolve a family feud with NABJ
– SPJ addresses burden of travel costs
– Auctions raise more than $7,500 for SPJ Legal Defense Fund
– SPJ delegates OK ‘one member, one vote’
– @acarvin follows #BattleOfTheCamel @ #EIJ11
– Otto, Ford, Record: SPJ leaders and legends die
– Young entrepreneurs with a ‘flare’ for QR codes
– Seen & Heard: What is your reaction to NABJ withdrawing from Unity?
– Project looks to increase diversity of sources
– Resolution Results
– Fate of reinstating Helen Thomas award rests with delegates
– Fager draws a crowd in his ‘60 minutes’

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Closely organized around the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics — the news industry's widely accepted "gold standard" of journalism principles — this updated edition uses real-life case studies to demonstrate how journalism students and professionals can identify and reason through ethical dilemmas. Stressing the cross-platform viability of basic ethical principles, this study features a wide selection of case studies penned by professional journalists — including several new additions — that offer examples of thoughtful, powerful, and principled reporting.

For more information about the book, and to order, click here.

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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.