SPJ Condemns Government Seizure of Phone Records

SPJ President Sonny Albarado issued a statement condemning the government’s seizure of the AP’s phone records. Albarado called the actions “shameful and outrageous” and said they demonstrate the need for a federal shield law for journalists. “Prosecutors, unlike reporters, have subpoena power to compel testimony, yet lazy prosecutors often prefer Read more

Fellowship Open to Promising Journalists

NPR and the John Alexander Project are accepting application through July 1 for promising journalists to pursue under-reported stories from a location abroad. The Above the Fray Fellowship was created in memory of John Alexander, a promising young journalist who died suddenly of heart failure while on assignment in Chongqing, Read more

Apply For Fellowship On Aging

Ethnic media journalists can now apply for the newly approved 2014 MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows program. This fourth-year collaboration between New America Media and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is open to both ethnic-media and mainstream-press reporters (half each), who may be staff members or freelancers. Proposed Read more