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– SPJ demands answers on CNN crew’s on-air arrest
– SPJ mourns death of Bill Small, its 58th national president
– Applications being accepted for Journalists’ Emergency Fund grants
> Events and Deadlines
– 5/21/20: ElectionSOS
– 6/02/20: COVID-19's Effects on Freelancing - its Future
– 6/03/20: Solutions Journalism 101 Webinar
> Quill Online
– Covering COVID-19: SciLine’s director on avoiding the overreach
– Pins, Pathways and Purpose: The challenges for membership organizations
– Beyond the hard news: 23 tips for when feature ideas run out
> Journalist's Toolbox
Visit journaliststoolbox.org
– Covering Protests and Civil Unrest
– Data Journalism Tools
– Coronavirus, SARS and Flu Resources
Society of Professional Journalists
Robert Becker has served on the Bylaws Committee since 2001 and has been the D.C.Pro Chapter's FOI chair since about 1992. Additionally, Becker serves as the D.C. Sunshine Chair, and the Mid-Atlantic Region member of the National FOI Committee. In this position, he provides advice and information on access to journalists and others in the D.C. metropolitan area. Most recently, Becker has been working with the Maryland, Delaware and D.C. Press Association to draft a new open meetings law for D.C. He’s worked with National (SPJ) to oppose a bill that would have exempted Virginia legislative committees from the state open meetings law, and he worked with the D.C. City Council Judiciary Committee on amendments to the D.C. open records law and the D.C. open meetings law. Becker has assisted students at a Montgomery County high school who, as part of their course work, aired controversial programs on the school board's cable channel. Recently, he actively opposed proposed restrictions on public access to federal court case files over the Internet. Working with the National FOI Chairman, Becker developed a program to train journalists, news managers and media outlet owners on the importance of defending public access to government information. He regularly addresses groups of foreign journalists and government officials visiting the United States on access to government information and has done training projects in Ethiopia, Morrocco, Argentina and Urugua on issues related to press freedom.
