VIDEO: Your Credentials, Please

Your Credentials, Please @ Yahoo! Video Watch video of part I of the Society of Professional Journalist’s RNC and the media panel Sept. 21, 2008. Part’s II, III & IV will follow be available next week. About the panel: Journalists who reported from the 2008 RNC in St. Paul as well as representatives from law enforcement, city government and media…

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From National: SPJ Pleased with St. Paul’s Decision to Drop Charges Against Journalists

INDIANAPOLIS – Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists are expressing great satisfaction that the city of St. Paul has decided to drop misdemeanor charges against journalists arrested while covering protests of the Republican National Convention. Between Sept. 1 and 4, a number of journalists were arrested in St. Paul, swept up in police actions meant to quell violence during…

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From National: SPJ Urges St. Paul Mayor to Drop All Charges

For Immediate Release: 9/5/08 Contact: Scott Leadingham, SPJ Communications Coordinator, (509) 859-2818, sleadingham@spj.org ATLANTA – Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists call on St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to drop charges against journalists who were arrested while covering protests of the Republican National Convention. According to the Associated Press, at least 19 journalists were arrested Thursday during the closing…

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From National: SPJ Concerned Over RNC and DNC Arrests

For Immediate Release: 9/3/08 Contact: Clint Brewer, SPJ President, (615) 301-9229, cbrewer@nashvillecitypaper.com Scott Leadingham, SPJ Communications Coordinator, (509) 859-2818, sleadingham@spj.org ATLANTA – Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists, currently meeting in Atlanta for the annual SPJ Convention and National Journalism Conference, are expressing outrage over recent arrests of journalists at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. SPJ, which…

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