INDIANAPOLIS -- The Society of Professional Journalists stands by its partner the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in condemning last week’s vile anti-immigrant commentary by the host of a show on the Fox News subscription streaming service. NAHJ, SPJ and the Radio Television Digital News Association co-sponsor the Excellence in Journalism 2019 conference. While we … Continue reading National SPJ Board Statement on Fox News Sponsorship at Excellence in Journalism 2019 Conference

When board members of SPJ Colorado   Pro learned in 2018 about a remarkable   effort by a suburban Denver group to   bring education and an online   newspaper to young women on the edge   of the Sahara Desert, they saw   opportunity. In the end, the chapter granted $2,000 toward the 2018 initiative in Senegal. The project there … Continue reading SPJ Colorado Pro Reaches High School Journalists in Senegal

Neil Westergaard, an award-winning Colorado journalist who served as executive editor of The Denver Post and editor of the Denver Business Journal, died July 7, 2019. Westergaard received Colorado SPJ's Keeper of the Flame   Award in 2018 for his lifetime contributions to journalism   in the state. The Colorado Press Association named him  Newspaper Person of the … Continue reading Veteran Colorado Journalist Neil Westergaard Dies