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The Chicago Headline Club remains firm in its belief the subpoenas issued by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez should be dropped. CHC said the students are covered by journalist shield law and should not have to surrender notes or other information they gathered as they investigated the case and…

It was an outrageous violation of the Illinois Open Meetings Act and infringed on the public’s right to know the government’s financial condition and how state officials might remedy it.
The Headline Club also objected to lawmakers’ efforts to curb some of the new improvements in the Illinois Open Meetings Act….

The Chicago Police Department has extended the validity of existing media credentials from 2008 through June 30, 2010, police spokesman Roderick Drew said Feb. 19. In a Feb. 17 letter he sent “media partners,” he said CPD has proposed amendments to the current credentials rules and the amendments will require…

The Northwestern University journalism students gathered new information through interviews, documents and affidavits casting serious doubt on McKinney’s conviction. The students, through their attorneys, have argued they are reporters and should be protected by the Illinois Reporters Act shielding them from the subpoenas.
Several media organizations, along with the Society…

INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists urged an Illinois trial court today to quash a state prosecutor’s subpoena of former Northwestern University journalism students under the state’s shield law. SPJ joined the Student Press Law Center, the College Media Advisers, Inc. and the Association for Education in Journalism and…

SPJ and many other journalism organizations have joined in filing briefs in support of Northwestern university journalism students.
 
Journalism associations and news companies filed amicus briefs in support of the Medill Innocence Excellence and its students and professor David Protesss. The briefs were filed Jan. 11 at a hearing before Cook…

Nov. 11, 2009
The Chicago Headline Club, a chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists, adamantly opposes Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s efforts to subpoena Northwestern University student records, despite additional legal arguments filed by Alvarez’s office on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The Chicago Headline Club believes Northwestern University Medill School…

The Chicago Headline Club, local chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists, strongly protests the subpoenas issued by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office in a case investigated by students at Northwestern University’s School of Journalism.
In this case, Medill students investigated and recently published an article they say proves…

Here are the details of the course and a one minute video showing participants and speakers.
Saturday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m. noon
Learn how to create and maintain your own blog, embed multi-media and interactive features, tie in your social networking accounts and all the nitty gritty details in between. ABC7 Chicago…