Stephenie Overman
@saoverman.bsky.social
Freelance labor/workplace writer, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hoosier
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November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Seek Truth🔎. Report It📰. Never Be Quiet📢.
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SPJ strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on journalists, including his disparaging treatment of Mary Bruce during Monday’s Oval Office press availability, and his recent “Quiet, piggy” insult aimed at Catherine Lucey.
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
SPJ strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on journalists, including his disparaging treatment of Mary Bruce during Monday’s Oval Office press availability, and his recent “Quiet, piggy” insult aimed at Catherine Lucey.
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
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STUDENT JOURNALISTS: The SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism, are now open for entries. Entries are first judged regionally. First-place regional winners advance to the national competition. Entry deadline: Feb. 11. Enter by Jan. 6 to save $5 on entry fees.
Mark of Excellence Awards: Home
Annually, the Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism.
www.spj.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
STUDENT JOURNALISTS: The SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism, are now open for entries. Entries are first judged regionally. First-place regional winners advance to the national competition. Entry deadline: Feb. 11. Enter by Jan. 6 to save $5 on entry fees.
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While I’m on the topic, the problem with both Thomas and Wolff was precisely their *failure* to follow the traditional norms and ethics that apply to reporting.
(You could say, fairly, that they’ve always been unevenly applied — but I think that just goes to my argument.)
(You could say, fairly, that they’ve always been unevenly applied — but I think that just goes to my argument.)
As usual, I think AP Style solves more problems than it creates.
Under 18? “Girl.”
18 or over? “Woman” or “young woman.”
Under 18? “Girl.”
18 or over? “Woman” or “young woman.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
While I’m on the topic, the problem with both Thomas and Wolff was precisely their *failure* to follow the traditional norms and ethics that apply to reporting.
(You could say, fairly, that they’ve always been unevenly applied — but I think that just goes to my argument.)
(You could say, fairly, that they’ve always been unevenly applied — but I think that just goes to my argument.)
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🚨NEW: IU has reversed course to allow the Indiana Daily Student to print for the rest of the school year. loom.ly/CQvO8gY
We have some things to say 🧵⤵️
We have some things to say 🧵⤵️
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course
Our next edition will hit the stands Nov. 20.
loom.ly
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨NEW: IU has reversed course to allow the Indiana Daily Student to print for the rest of the school year. loom.ly/CQvO8gY
We have some things to say 🧵⤵️
We have some things to say 🧵⤵️
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SPJ has announced the creation of a new Advocacy Committee, a key initiative under newly elected SPJ National President Chris R. Vaccaro.
🔗Learn more about the Advocacy Committee: www.spj.org/spj-launches...
🔗Learn more about the Advocacy Committee: www.spj.org/spj-launches...
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
SPJ has announced the creation of a new Advocacy Committee, a key initiative under newly elected SPJ National President Chris R. Vaccaro.
🔗Learn more about the Advocacy Committee: www.spj.org/spj-launches...
🔗Learn more about the Advocacy Committee: www.spj.org/spj-launches...
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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🚨 NEWS: Indiana University fires its student media adviser and attempts to control content in what SPLC's Mike Hiestand calls "blatant censorship": www.indystar.com/story/news/e...
Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid dispute over student newspaper's content
The director of student media was fired after he pushed back against a university directive over what gets printed in the Indiana Daily Student.
www.indystar.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🚨 NEWS: Indiana University fires its student media adviser and attempts to control content in what SPLC's Mike Hiestand calls "blatant censorship": www.indystar.com/story/news/e...
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Interesting idea. A entire news market will get a public editor.
Indianapolis will be the first local media market to get its own Public Editor, who will monitor all the newsrooms in town. tinyurl.com/2s44zxe8
Indianapolis will be the first local media market to get its own Public Editor, who will monitor all the newsrooms in town. tinyurl.com/2s44zxe8
Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter
Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.
tinyurl.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Interesting idea. A entire news market will get a public editor.
Indianapolis will be the first local media market to get its own Public Editor, who will monitor all the newsrooms in town. tinyurl.com/2s44zxe8
Indianapolis will be the first local media market to get its own Public Editor, who will monitor all the newsrooms in town. tinyurl.com/2s44zxe8
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🎉SPJ is proud to recognize a select group of chapters that are being honored for their work in supporting the Society’s missions, members and the journalism profession.
🔗View the full list of finalists for 2025 Large and Small Chapter of the Year: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
🔗View the full list of finalists for 2025 Large and Small Chapter of the Year: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🎉SPJ is proud to recognize a select group of chapters that are being honored for their work in supporting the Society’s missions, members and the journalism profession.
🔗View the full list of finalists for 2025 Large and Small Chapter of the Year: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
🔗View the full list of finalists for 2025 Large and Small Chapter of the Year: www.spj.org/spj-announce...
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🚨#MediaFest25 is just ONE week away! It’s not too late to join SPJ, @collegemedia.bsky.social and the Associated Collegiate Press Oct. 15-18 in Washington, D.C.
🔗Register now: mediafest25.com
Learn more about what's in store⬇️
🔗Register now: mediafest25.com
Learn more about what's in store⬇️
October 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🚨#MediaFest25 is just ONE week away! It’s not too late to join SPJ, @collegemedia.bsky.social and the Associated Collegiate Press Oct. 15-18 in Washington, D.C.
🔗Register now: mediafest25.com
Learn more about what's in store⬇️
🔗Register now: mediafest25.com
Learn more about what's in store⬇️
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SPJ strongly condemns recent attacks by federal agents on journalists reporting on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and protests around the country.
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-condemns...
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-condemns...
October 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
SPJ strongly condemns recent attacks by federal agents on journalists reporting on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and protests around the country.
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-condemns...
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-condemns...
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🏆The SPJ Foundation recognizes The State News of Michigan State University with the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award for its investigative series “Inside the Nassar Documents,” which covers the university’s handling of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.
www.spj.org/spj-foundati...
www.spj.org/spj-foundati...
September 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🏆The SPJ Foundation recognizes The State News of Michigan State University with the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award for its investigative series “Inside the Nassar Documents,” which covers the university’s handling of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.
www.spj.org/spj-foundati...
www.spj.org/spj-foundati...
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🎉Congratulations to Laura J. Downey, immediate past president of the SPJ Georgia Pro Chapter and Wesley Wright, SPJ At-Large Director. They will be honored with the Howard S. Dubin Award at #MediaFest25 for outstanding contributions to SPJ.
🔗Read more: www.spj.org/laura-j-down...
🔗Read more: www.spj.org/laura-j-down...
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🎉Congratulations to Laura J. Downey, immediate past president of the SPJ Georgia Pro Chapter and Wesley Wright, SPJ At-Large Director. They will be honored with the Howard S. Dubin Award at #MediaFest25 for outstanding contributions to SPJ.
🔗Read more: www.spj.org/laura-j-down...
🔗Read more: www.spj.org/laura-j-down...
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This Day in Labor History: July 5, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. This groundbreaking piece of legislation gave workers a fair shake from the government for the first time in American history!!! It's also in deep peril as Republicans ruin America.
July 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This Day in Labor History: July 5, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. This groundbreaking piece of legislation gave workers a fair shake from the government for the first time in American history!!! It's also in deep peril as Republicans ruin America.
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🗓️Join us tonight for the 2024 Sigma Delta Chi Awards ceremony!
SDX winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony along with the winner of the MOEy, the SPJ top prize given to students who entered the 2024 MOE awards competition. www.spj.org/sigma-delta-... #SDXAwards
SDX winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony along with the winner of the MOEy, the SPJ top prize given to students who entered the 2024 MOE awards competition. www.spj.org/sigma-delta-... #SDXAwards
June 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🗓️Join us tonight for the 2024 Sigma Delta Chi Awards ceremony!
SDX winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony along with the winner of the MOEy, the SPJ top prize given to students who entered the 2024 MOE awards competition. www.spj.org/sigma-delta-... #SDXAwards
SDX winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony along with the winner of the MOEy, the SPJ top prize given to students who entered the 2024 MOE awards competition. www.spj.org/sigma-delta-... #SDXAwards
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Please read this @khoureld.bsky.social story about the consequences of USAID cuts.
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Please read this @khoureld.bsky.social story about the consequences of USAID cuts.
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
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This Day in Labor History: June 25, 1938. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. Let's talk about this groundbreaking law creating dignified work in America. It was flawed, like every piece of legislation in American history, but it moved justice forward a lot!
June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This Day in Labor History: June 25, 1938. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. Let's talk about this groundbreaking law creating dignified work in America. It was flawed, like every piece of legislation in American history, but it moved justice forward a lot!
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Pleased to interview award-winning journalist Miranda Spivack about her book, Backroom Deals in our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes fighting back. spjdc.org/2025/06/auth...
Author Discussion: Miranda Spivack on Getting Access to Government Documents - Washington, D.C., Pro SPJ Chapter
Miranda Spivack talks about her new book “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back” (The New Press). Spivack said her...
spjdc.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pleased to interview award-winning journalist Miranda Spivack about her book, Backroom Deals in our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes fighting back. spjdc.org/2025/06/auth...
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“Why isn’t the media covering the protests” starter pack.
June 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Why isn’t the media covering the protests” starter pack.
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Great talk about #backroomdealsinourbackyards at Tidepool Bookshop in Worcester, Mass. Firefighters came out to hear accidental activist Diane Cotter, who is featured in my book.
June 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Great talk about #backroomdealsinourbackyards at Tidepool Bookshop in Worcester, Mass. Firefighters came out to hear accidental activist Diane Cotter, who is featured in my book.
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NewsGuild condemns attacks on reporters covering ICE protests. Australian journalist among people hit by rubber bullets.
#journalism #news
peoplesworld.org/article/news...
#journalism #news
peoplesworld.org/article/news...
NewsGuild condemns attacks on reporters covering ICE protests
LOS ANGELES—The NewsGuild-CWA is calling for investigations into officers they say have illegally targeted journalists with “less-lethal rounds and tear gas” amid ongoing protests in Los Angeles again...
peoplesworld.org
June 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
NewsGuild condemns attacks on reporters covering ICE protests. Australian journalist among people hit by rubber bullets.
#journalism #news
peoplesworld.org/article/news...
#journalism #news
peoplesworld.org/article/news...
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Journalists covering protests, SPJ has you covered.
Check out our resource page with safety tips, legal info and reporting guidance. As protests continue to shape narratives nationwide, journalists play a crucial role in delivering accurate and impactful stories.
🔗 www.spj.org/resources-fo...
Check out our resource page with safety tips, legal info and reporting guidance. As protests continue to shape narratives nationwide, journalists play a crucial role in delivering accurate and impactful stories.
🔗 www.spj.org/resources-fo...
June 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Journalists covering protests, SPJ has you covered.
Check out our resource page with safety tips, legal info and reporting guidance. As protests continue to shape narratives nationwide, journalists play a crucial role in delivering accurate and impactful stories.
🔗 www.spj.org/resources-fo...
Check out our resource page with safety tips, legal info and reporting guidance. As protests continue to shape narratives nationwide, journalists play a crucial role in delivering accurate and impactful stories.
🔗 www.spj.org/resources-fo...
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28 press rights orgs joined a letter to DHS Secretary Noem, calling out acts against press during this weekend's protests in Los Angeles.
I won't be naive about impacts of one letter. But we are united for our free press, and this puts them on notice about points of law and policy.
More soon.
I won't be naive about impacts of one letter. But we are united for our free press, and this puts them on notice about points of law and policy.
More soon.
Coalition Condemns Harm to Journalists Covering Protests Against ICE Raids in Los Angeles
firstamendmentcoalition.org
June 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
28 press rights orgs joined a letter to DHS Secretary Noem, calling out acts against press during this weekend's protests in Los Angeles.
I won't be naive about impacts of one letter. But we are united for our free press, and this puts them on notice about points of law and policy.
More soon.
I won't be naive about impacts of one letter. But we are united for our free press, and this puts them on notice about points of law and policy.
More soon.
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Applications to be a part of the SPJ News team are being accepted. 10 student journalists will be selected to cover presentations and events at #MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C. The deadline is June 27. www.spj.org/the-spj-news/
June 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Applications to be a part of the SPJ News team are being accepted. 10 student journalists will be selected to cover presentations and events at #MediaFest25 in Washington, D.C. The deadline is June 27. www.spj.org/the-spj-news/