Bowser To Introduce D.C. Open Meetings Bill
Ward 4 D.C. City Councilmember Muriel Bowser will announce Monday at 10a.m. her plan to introduce a bill to overhall the city's antiquated, ineffective open meetings statute.
Bowser's bill will require all boards, commissions and task forces, as well as the City Council, to meet in public to conduct most business. The bill would require public bodies to deliberate in public, except when they are engaged in quasi-judicial functions.
She will introduce the bill when the Council meets March 16.
2010 National FOI Day conference at the First Amendment Center
The 12th annual National FOI Day Conference will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. It will be held at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum
Newseum event: Reel Journalism with Nick Clooney
"Reel Journalism With Nick Clooney" presents the classic 1976 movie "Network." Veteran Washington, D.C., journalists Gordon Peterson and Arch Campbell will join Clooney to discuss the movie, as well as the state of TV news today. At the conclusion of the film, Peterson and Campbell will answer audience questions.
Run Time: 121 minutes
Tickets at $25 for the general public and $20 for Newseum members.
SPJ Ethics code gets global attention
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 6:54am — Dan KubiskeAndy Schotz, our chapter prez and national ethics committe chair, pointed out a piece in today's People's Daily Online that uses the SPJ Code of Ethics -- along with the codes from RTNDA and ASNE -- to basically tell U.S. journalists to stop criticizing the way China does journalism.
I put up a few comments on the SPJ International Journalism Committee blog site this morning. There will be more. As I said in my first posting, I need to calm down a bit before getting into the fight.
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DC SPJ Freelance Group Meets Mar. 16
Celebrate James Madison's birthday by joining your fellow freelancers at the monthly DC SPJ get together.
The group meets March 16 at noon in the National Press Club.
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