Announcing the 2024 FOIAfest Boot Camp Cohort

March 5, 2024 Alejandra Cancino 0

The Chicago Headline Club, the largest SPJ chapter, is proud to announce its 2023 FOIAfest Boot Camp cohort. The FOIAfest Boot Camp is a training program for Chicago-based reporters from marginalized communities to help them navigate accountability journalism — from story-idea to publishing. The journalists will receive specialized training sessions […]

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2024 FOIA Fest Bootcamp applications now open

January 19, 2024 Alejandra Cancino 0

Applications due by February 18 at 11:59 pm CT. The Chicago Headline Club is now accepting applications for its 2024 FOIA Fest Boot Camp, a training program for Chicago-based reporters from marginalized communities to help them navigate accountability journalism — from story-idea to publishing. The training focuses on collective learning, best […]

Tell SPJ to be more ethical, transparent

November 13, 2018 Alejandra Cancino 0

Dear members, Please tell SPJ to be more ethical and transparent. On Nov. 8, SPJ asked members to take a survey about the kinds of sponsorships it would accept for its Excellence in Journalism conference. The survey questions lack the background needed for members to understand what’s at stake. Let […]

A letter to our members

August 24, 2018 Alejandra Cancino 0

To our members, We are writing to share our concerns about some of the sponsors at the Excellence in Journalism Conference in September. We, the Chicago Headline Club board, believe accepting donations from groups trying to advance a political agenda is a breach of the SPJ Code of Ethics, which […]