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Code of Ethics talk tomorrow night in Richmond

As SPJ undertakes the process of revising the Code of Ethics, events this week remind us of the code’s importance. As reported by Romenesko, a (student government-funded) student newspaper at the University of California Santa Barbara could have led coverage of the recent shooting spree, but instead the editors cited the code’s call to minimizeContinue reading “Code of Ethics talk tomorrow night in Richmond”

SI’s King to stop using ‘Redskins’

Peter King, senior writer at Sports Illustrated, has decided to stop using the name “Redskins” when writing about the National Football League team in Washington, DC. In a column, King said that the name is regarded by some as racial slur, and “it offends too many people, and I don’t want to add to theContinue reading “SI’s King to stop using ‘Redskins’”

Does the SPJ Ethics Code need a revision?

The SPJ Ethics Committee is asking that question and seeking input from members. In the latest Quill (July/August 2013), Kevin Smith, SPJ past president and Ethics Committee chair, notes that it’s been 17 years since the last revision of the Code. The question that no one in SPJ can dodge, he says, is “whether theContinue reading “Does the SPJ Ethics Code need a revision?”

SPJ national president speaks at Virginia Pro chapter

By Kristine Hadeed Broadcast Journalism Senior, Virginia Commonwealth University April 14, 2012 Brian Eckert, Region 2 director of the Society of Professional Journalists, estimated it was the first visit of its kind in over 30 years. National SPJ president John Ensslin made an appearance as guest speaker at Saturday’s Virginia Pro Chapter meeting, held onContinue reading “SPJ national president speaks at Virginia Pro chapter”

Is it time to update the SPJ Code of Ethics?

Come share lunch with fellow journalists, served with a helping of journalistic ethics! The Virginia Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will celebrate Ethics Week (April 24-30) with a brown-bag talk by Kevin Smith, the national past president of SPJ and a journalism professor at James Madison University. Kevin will discuss the SPJContinue reading “Is it time to update the SPJ Code of Ethics?”