Committees
Legal Defense Fund Committee Roster
This committee oversees the Society's Legal Defense Fund, a unique account that can be tapped for providing journalists with legal or direct financial assistance. Application to the fund is approved by either a small committee or the national board, depending on the level of assistance sought. The committee works throughout the year raising funds for LDF.
J. Israel Balderas, Esq.
National board member, Society of Professional Journalists
Assistant professor of journalism, Elon University
@jisraelbalderas
Voting Members
Rebecca Aguilar
President, Society of Professional Journalists
@RebeccaAguilarMark Bailen
BakerHostetler
Matt Hall
Former president, Society of Professional Journalists
@sduncoveredKyra O'Connor
Member, Student Trustee Council of the Society of Professional Journalists
@KO_reportsKristen Rasmussen
BakerHostetler
Claire Regan
President-Elect, Society of Professional Journalists
@clairemariereg1 Roy S. Gutterman
Associate Professor/Director, Tully Center for Free Speech
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
SPJ News
– Allison Hageman, Georgetown University graduate, named Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism recipient
– Texas A&M San Antonio professor Teresa Talerico named Outstanding Campus Adviser
– St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ProPublica earn SPJ Ethics in Journalism Awards
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
