FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— The Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California chapter condemns a startling decision by a Washington state judge, ruling that news outlets including The Seattle Times must hand over footage and photos of Seattle protests to police. This alarming result occurred in spite of Washington State’s 2007…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — A national coalition of media organizations today joins forces to condemn a new media policy from the Sacramento Police Department. The policy, produced by the Department in the wake of the wrongful detention of working journalists reporting on a protest over the death of Stephon Clark, does nothing to prevent the…
The Society of Professional Journalists represents close to 6,000 journalists around the country. We are sending this open letter to you asking that you please let us do our jobs in covering the protests surrounding George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Protesters, we hear you. We understand the pain you are feeling and the anger you…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE– In a victory for transparency advocates, the California Supreme Court held in a decision this week that public agencies cannot charge requesters for the redaction of electronic public records like police body camera footage. SPJ NorCal submitted a brief in the case, arguing that such fees discriminate against freelancers and individuals without…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Join SPJ NorCal for a virtual workshop on journalist shield law protections with a panel of legal experts and Ryan Mac, the San Francisco-based BuzzFeed reporter who faced subpoenas in a federal defamation suit involving Elon Musk. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KhGA6ecaS7Ooa0jdjsD6GA Ryan Mac’s case followed another challenge to shield law protections…
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