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Weinberg pulls transparency bills -

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Weinberg pulls transparency bills. Jane Primerano and Miriam Ascarelli. June 23, 2015. Bad news for open government. Noting there were not enough votes to get the two bills that would update the state’s sunshine laws out of committee, State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) took both bills off the state Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee agenda today. The upshot is that the OPRA and OPMA bills are off the table for this year. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). My EIJ 1.0. NJ News Co...

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Sorry, no posts matched your criteria. Click on the arrow below to subscribe! Get news from NJ-SPJ. Sunday, Aug. 21. NJ-SPJ board meeting. For more info, contact newjerseyspj.feedback@gmail.com. Sunday, Sept. 18- Tuesday, Sept. 20. SPJ Excellence in Journalism national conference in New Orleans. For more information, click here. Thursday, Oct. 6- Friday, Oct. 7. NJ News Commons Sustain Local 2016 national conference on local journalism sustainability, Montclair State University. For more info, go here.

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Mentoring -

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Not sure if you should stay or if you should go? Want to help aspiring journalists get their start? The Society of Professional Journalists’ Mentor Match-Up program is here to help. The program is open only to SPJ members. Journalists wanting to serve as mentors must have more than five years of professional experience. Journalists who want mentoring must have less than five years of experience. Sounds like something you’re interested in? Log on to www.spj.org/mentor.asp for more information. Thursday, O...

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Bylaws -

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RTICLE 2 The president shall be empowered to appoint committee chairs or other positions necessary to fulfill the goals of the national organization or to meet the chapter’s needs. These include, but are not limited to program, freedom of information ethics contest membership and Web site/newsletter. RTICLE 6 As feasible the chapter will conduct an annual journalism awards contest to honor the best in our profession. The fees raised through this contest must be used for chapter activities. The pr...RTICL...

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open government in New Jersey

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Red Alert: Trouble in Trenton. Bob Schapiro and Miriam Ascarelli. June 19, 2015. This Tuesday, June 23, an important committee meeting will take place in Trenton, one that could greatly affect open government in New Jersey. We are urging you to write to the legislators in your district and have created a format that we hope will make this relatively quick and easy. If you’re interested in attending Tuesday’s. Session of the Budget and Appropriations Committee,. The legislators are meeting at 10 am. My na...

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Student press-rights bill introduced in NJ Assembly. July 14, 2016. The national campaign to strengthen press rights for high school and college students across the country, has added New Jersey to its list of states considering such a measure. To read more about the introduction of the bill in the New Jersey Assembly, click here. Paul Nichols — an appreciation. Bob Schapiro, immediate past president. June 20, 2016. Photo courtesy Nichols family. On the one hand, Paul stood up to a Bergen County Superior...

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N.J. Society Professional Journalists

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Student press-rights bill introduced in NJ Assembly. July 14, 2016. The national campaign to strengthen press rights for high school and college students across the country, has added New Jersey to its list of states considering such a measure. To read more about the introduction of the bill in the New Jersey Assembly, click here. Paul Nichols — an appreciation. Bob Schapiro, immediate past president. June 20, 2016. Photo courtesy Nichols family. On the one hand, Paul stood up to a Bergen County Superior...

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NJ-SPJ supports bills amending state transparency laws -

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NJ-SPJ supports bills amending state transparency laws. June 9, 2015. NJ-SPJ officers Ron Miskoff and Miriam Ascarelli were at a state Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing in Trenton yesterday supporting proposed legislation to update and modernize NJ’s Open Public Meetings Act (OMPA) and Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Also supporting the bill were representatives from the NJ Press Association, the ACLU of NJ and the NJ Foundation for Open Government. What’s in the bills:. Made about Hurri...

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Celebrate our winners on June 27 -

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Celebrate our winners on June 27. May 20, 2015. We’ll be honoring the winners. Of this year’s NJ-SPJ Excellence in Journalism Awards on June 27 in a two-part celebration in Newark. The festivities begin with a reception at the Robert Treat Hotel, 50 Park Pl., followed by a 3 pm reception next door at the New Jersey Historical Society. The reception costs $10 per person, but the ceremony itself is free. R.S.V.P. is required, so please click here. To connect to our event registration page. NJ News Commons ...

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Campus -

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Calling all student journalists! We believe in training the next generation. That is why the NJ-SPJ pro chapter is reaching out to college campuses all over New Jersey and encouraging them to form a chapter. Contact chapter president Jane Primerano at jprim7@netscape.net. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window). Get news from NJ-SPJ. Society of P...