Advocacy
By J. Alex Tarquinio, 2018-19 SPJ President • September 8th, 2019
During the 2018-2019 term, SPJ has responded to the heightened challenges to press freedom, including verbal and physical attacks on journalists, with a wave of advocacy statements and interviews by SPJ leaders.
The key statements and media interviews can also be found here.
Media Interviews by SPJ National Leaders
September 2019
August 2019
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio quoted in local stories regarding SPJ celebrating 110 years at DePauw University on, Aug. 23.
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
- Live radio interview with SPJ National President-Elect J. Alex Tarquinio about the First Amendment and Open Government on Court Radio, WRNB 100.3 FM Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 2018
Public Appearances by SPJ National Leaders
August 2019
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio moderated a live interview with San Francisco journalist Bryan Carmody, whose home was raided by the police in search of clues to his confidential sources, along with his lawyer. (video)
- Lynn Walsh organized a Facebook “Train the Trainers” program from Aug. 15 to 16. SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio gave opening remarks.
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio and SPJ Indiana State Pro Chapter President John Russell gave remarks at the 110th SPJ Anniversary event at DePauw University. (video)
July 2019
- SPJ Journalist on Call Rod Hicks hosted the final session of the Casper Project, with Foundation President Irwin Gratz and SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio giving opening remarks, July 16.
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio represented the Society at a forum on journalist safety at the United Nations, July 17.
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio gave opening remarks at a D.C. Pro chapter event about Whistleblowers, July 31.
June 2019
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio gave opening remarks at an SPJ Google News Institute event before the SDX Banquet, June 21.
May 2019
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio delivered prepared remarks and participated on a panel with Steven Adler and Warren Hoge before an audience of 400 at the United Nations headquarters in New York on World Press Freedom Day, May 3. (video) (text of remarks)
April 2019
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio produced and hosted a World Press Freedom Day Summit from April 26 to 27 with a generous grant from Craig Newmark. The theme of this gathering, known as Quo Vadis Democracy was journalism nonprofit leaders was the threat of disinformation to journalism and democracy. (videos) (text of group resolution)
March 2019
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio delivered prepared remarks and participated in a panel at the World Journalists Conference in Seoul, South Korea, March 25.
November 2018
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio represented the Society at the Day to End Impunity event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Nov. 2, 2019.
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio represented the Society at the Paris Peace Forum, Nov. 11, 2019. Her column about it was picked up by the Associated Press.
October 2018
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio and RTDNA Executive Director Dan Shelley spoke to a group of 25 global journalists at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Press Center at the United Nations, Oct. 5.
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio participated on a panel at an annual conference of Connecticut Broadcasters Association, Oct. 11.
- SPJ National President J. Alex Tarquinio gave remarks at the SPJ Google News Institute election training event in Washington, D.C., Oct. 16.
September 2018
Advocacy Statements
The Legal Defense Fund Committee
Press Releases
July 2019
May 2019
- SPJ, 59 other groups, urge court to order return of journalist’s equipment and work
- SPJ: Assange indictment raises serious concerns for press freedom
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019
- SPJ is here to help (newsroom layoffs)
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
- SPJ demands Khashoggi’s killers be brought to justice
- SPJ Penned a Letter to the Whitehouse
- SPJ, coalition of 44 other groups, call for full investigation into Saudi Arabian journalist’s whereabouts
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