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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.

Event Date & Time: 
Mar 15 2010 - 10:00am
Event Location: 
Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

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, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 7th Floor, Washington, D.C. (Freedom Forum & 6th Street Entrance).

Event Date & Time: 
Mar 15 2010 - 8:30am - 12:15pm
Event Location: 
Knight Conference Center at the Newseum

Hall of Fame Inductees, DSA Award Winner Announced

CBS Correspondent Bob Scheiffer  Bob Schieffer, Gwen Ifill, Kenneth T. Walsh, and Toby McIntosh will be inducted June 9, 2009, into the Hall of Fame of the D.C. Pro Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy will receive the Chapter's 2009 Distinguished Service Award for his many years of advocacy for disadvantaged and disenfranchised residents of the Washington metropolitan area.

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.

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Event Date & Time: 
Mar 22 2010 - 7:30pm
Event Location: 
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater, Newseum
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SPJ Ethics code gets global attention

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.

Author Name: 
Dan Kubiske
Author Email: 
dan@kubiske.org
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