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
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.
"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.

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.
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.