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‘Find out about FOIA in Virginia’ on Nov. 10 (update)

What information do you need about Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act? Would you like to learn how it compares to federal law? Are you interested in finding out about how to overcome recalcitrant Commonwealth bureaucrats? Want to know how the pandemic is affecting records requests? Join the Virginia Pro and Washington, D.C., Pro chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists forContinueContinue reading “‘Find out about FOIA in Virginia’ on Nov. 10 (update)”

Trailblazer Dorothy Gilliam on her career and the future of journalism

When Dorothy Butler Gilliam was hired as the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post in 1961, she was driven by the words of Martin Luther King Jr., when he said “Go and make a difference.”

Join SPJVA for happy hour in Norfolk

Join the Virginia Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for happy hour at Jessy’s Taco Bistro in Ghent (328 W. 20th St.) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. Here’s a recent food review of Jessy’s. Paul Fletcher, the national president of SPJ and the publisher of Virginia Lawyers Weekly, will be visiting fromContinueContinue reading “Join SPJVA for happy hour in Norfolk”

Help SPJVA celebrate George Mason’s 290th birthday

We need your RSVP! Join the Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Pro Chapter in celebrating George Mason’s 290th birthday on Saturday, Dec. 12. Born in what is today Fairfax County on Dec. 11, 1725, Mason helped frame the Virginia Constitution and in 1776 wrote its Declaration of Rights, the forerunner of the U.S. Constitution’s BillContinueContinue reading “Help SPJVA celebrate George Mason’s 290th birthday”

Open government conference to be held in Fredericksburg

The Virginia Coalition for Open Government will hold its annual conference in Fredericksburg on Nov. 12. It’s a day full of workshops and panels on topics related to open government in Virginia. This year’s topics include: Data collection, body cams and privacy The 2015 Virginia elections and what they mean for open government in theContinueContinue reading “Open government conference to be held in Fredericksburg”