
Andy 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.

Long time SPJ member and founder of Maryland Reporter.com Len Lazarick ended up loaning his tie to the Maryland governor the other day.
We'll let Len explain:

During the past 24 hours there was a flurry of activity on the Internet that Chief Justice John Roberts would step down for health reasons.
Well, it ain't so.
Above the Law presents a good review of the situation -- and a lesson for journalists.

The locally produced Diane Rehm Show (WAMU, 88.5FM) won a Shorty Award in the News category last night.

From National Law Journal
Supreme Court keeps $18M Internet settlement alive
Marcia Coyle
March 2, 2010

Thanks to MarylandReporter.com
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Student reporters would get shield law coverage
By Andy Rosen
Andy@MarylandReporter.com

(Note: Thanks to Joe Grimm
More newspapers are now adding two-dimensional barcodes to their stories. These QR (for Quick Response) barcodes work with mobile phones. The software in the phone can send the reader to a web page for more information, provide the user with contact data or background information, send a pre-arranged SMS or display a text message.



Job opening at the Catholic News Service for a copy editor. (Details at the Newspaper Guild site.
A few words about the job and the CNS from long-time SPJ member and CNS national editor, Julie Asher:
You do NOT have to be Catholic to work here.