Committees
Bylaws Committee Roster
The Bylaws Committee strives to ensure the Society conducts its business and operations according to the Society's bylaws. SPJ's bylaws aim to unite members and promote good fellowship among them.
J. Alex Tarquinio
Independent journalist
Past National President, Society of Professional Journalists
Winner of the 2014 SPJ Howard S. Dubin Outstanding Pro Member Award
@alextarquinio
Rafael Olmeda, vice chair
Senior writer, Sun-Sentinel
Board member, Society of Professional Journalists
Past President, National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)
Past President, UNITY
@rolmeda
Kathryn Beaumont Murphy
Counsel, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
@kebmurphy
Barbara Ciara
Managing Editor and Evening Anchor, WTKR News 3
Past President, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
Past President, UNITY
@CIARAWTKR
Bill McCloskey
Retired, Associated Press and BellSouth (AT&T)
Current SPJ Finance Committee member
Past Bylaws Committee chair and past board member, Society of Professional Journalists and SPJ Foundation
Winner of the 2008 SPJ Wells Memorial Key
Sree Sreenivasan
Cofounder, Digimentors
Cofounder, South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)
Winner of the 1998 SPJ David Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award
@sree
Peter Szekely
National Correspondent, Reuters
Past President, NewsGuild of New York
Past President, The Deadline Club
@peszeke
SPJ News
– SPJ denounces arrests of journalists in Iran
– Allison Hageman, Georgetown University graduate, named Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism recipient
– Texas A&M San Antonio professor Teresa Talerico named Outstanding Campus Adviser
Events and Deadlines
– 10/04/22: WEBINAR -- From COVID to Monkeypox: A conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci
– 10/12/22: SPJ Freelance Community Monthly Board Meeting - October
– 10/14/22: Voter Accessibility: Improving your election coverage for people with disabilities
– 10/21/22: Covering Food Insecurity: Access, hunger, and empathetic reporting about a basic need
– 10/27/22: MediaFest22
