NJ-SPJ President P. Kenneth Burns issues the following statement regarding Gov. Murphy taking action on OPRA legislation:
We are disappointed that Gov. Phil Murphy has signed Bill S2930, which drastically changes the Open Public Records Act. We REFUSE to call …
In 2023, Public Square Amplified launched a pilot community journalism class. Innovative and revolutionary, its success demonstrated the important potential of building community journalism — …
…Update: Both houses of the state legislature voted to approve the changes and send them to Governor Murphy for signature. NJ-SPJ and other organizations are calling for the Governor to veto the bill.
“Citizens must be allowed to freely test
New Jersey lawmakers proposed a so-called reform bill that will essentially gut the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), a law that has helped keep NJ government honest for over two decades. Journalists and the public have used OPRA to reveal …
The student chapter at William Paterson University is national SPJ’s “Campus Chapter of the Year”! Not only did the chapter win the most recent award, for 2023, but it also won in 2020.
You can help make the chapter’s next …
