SPJ resolutions on protecting journalists, internet freedom

Steve Safran August 27th, 2006

At the National Convention of the Society of Professional Journalists this past weekend in Chicago, a number of interesting resolutions were passed. Among them, a call for a federal shield law, a “Free Joshua Wolf” resolution, support for the two reporters in the Barry Bonds expose who are now being ordered to give testimony in federal court, and a call for tighter self-policing of the use of VNRs. Best line in the document comes in the VNR resolution: “Be it further resolved, that the FCC should leave the regulation of news content up to journalists.”