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SPJ NorCal’s Freedom of Information Committee is now accepting nominations for the 41st Annual James Madison Awards for 2025 achievements.

Oakland Police Department must end its restrictive press policy.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

Training on searchable database of California police use-of-force and misconduct records

Training on searchable database of California police use-of-force and misconduct records

Know a journalist who has done brilliant work over the past year? Someone who does whatever it takes to get the story, photo or video? Whose dedication to our craft is second to none? Maybe that journalist is you!

Hands-on training of the Wayback Machine geared toward journalists

Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.

For more than 100 years the Society of Professional Journalists has been dedicated to encouraging a climate in which journalism can be practiced more freely and fully, stimulating high standards and e...

A Fundraiser for the San Quentin State Prison Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California.

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Journalists should not have to risk their health and safety to do their jobs and cover the news.

Investigating the Killing of a Journalist

The Orlando Sentinel received the letter Friday from the state Department of Children and Families, whose top official is appointed by the governor.

A federal appeals court will allow the White House to exclude the Associated Press from access to the Oval Office, Mar-a-Lago and Air Force One if it chooses, according to a new court order in the ong...

Defending press freedom for the next generation

Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."

The detainments of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student, and Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts student, led to a surge of requests to take down or alter student articles. Here's how Philly-area

The about-face follows condemnation from First Amendment experts, who lambasted the mayor’s office for hiding messages.

The company also removed mentions of "diversity" from its corporate site.

A new study finds that the poor, those with less education, young people, and women are less likely to prefer "impartial" news sources over those that align with their own views.

To help data journalists with their reporting, here is a curated list of non-government websites and archives that preserve or maintain public health data.

We talk to the reporters behind the investigation into how four of California’s largest home insurers are knowingly using faulty data to set coverage limits.

A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.