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Free Tickets to See the Documentary Bad Press

Out of the 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, only five established their own free and independent press, including the Muscogee Nation — until the tribe’s leaders decided to subject the newspaper to editorial oversight, demanding the authority to edit all news stories before publication.

The film Bad Press documents Mvskoke Media’s struggle to survive and follows the efforts of reporter Angel Ellis to expose the Muscogee National Council’s disregard for press freedom.

San Diego SPJ is proud to sponsor a screening of Bad Press and a Q&A with the filmmakers and Ellis.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park
If you’d like to attend, please email your name (and the names of anyone attended with you) to: spjsandiego@gmail.com with the subject line BAD PRESS.

 

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San Diego SPJ Wins National Award for Campus Outreach

The San Diego Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has been awarded a 2023 Circle of Excellence Awards from SPJ national for Small Chapter Campus Relations. The award noted a number of activities in the over the last year that caught the judges’ attention:

  • A mentorship program that pairs college students with industry professionals.
  • Sponsoring the San Diego Union-Tribune’s inaugural Festival of Journalism.
  • Participated in The Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University.
  • Hosted an “Ask Me Anything” event at San Diego State University where veteran journalists shared career advice with students.

The award follows SPJ-SD’s three national awards last year: two Circle of Excellence Awards for our work on newsroom diversity and First Amendment advocacy and the award for Large Chapter of the Year.

SPJ-SD’s board wants to thank SPJ national for recognizing our efforts to mentor young reporters and to provide continuing education and outreach to the region’s journalists and journalism-adjacent professionals.

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