What we’re up to
What we do
We are champions for journalists.
- We recognize the achievements of journalists and best practices of media organizations through our awards programs.
- We educate journalists on best practices, skills and new innovations.
- We create products and services that help instill pride of vocation in journalists at all stages in their career.
- We encourage news organizations to build newsrooms that are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
We are fighters for the First Amendment.
- We monitor and fight against efforts to violate the First Amendment and suppress free press.
- We defend journalists through legal defense funds and activate initiatives to protect the First Amendment through our First Amendment Forever Fund.
- We increase public awareness and support of the First Amendment through training and education.
We are stewards for ethical journalism.
- We build public trust in the media and greater accountability in the profession via an ethics response team, ethics hotline, and other programming.
- We promote and advance ethics through a Code of Ethics that is the most widely used code in journalism today.
- As our Code of Ethics states, we encourage journalists to boldly tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience.
We are producers of journalism’s future.
- We proactively design initiatives that amplify new and diverse voices for both SPJ and journalism overall.
- We provide examination, thought leadership and resources that support a more sustainable future for journalism.
- We help prepare the next generation of journalists through our student and young professional programs.
- We embrace, employ and educate journalists on technology and innovation to build journalism’s future.