Thread. I joined the San Diego SPJ board to try to get journalists to join forces against what Facebook was doing to our industry in 2018. I discovered instead that SPJ's national board (which is heavy with San Diego people) is taking money from Facebook, and has been for years.
https://twitter.com/watchdogdiva/status/1462769886174851088
When I brought up my concerns about Facebook and its influence on journalism, my fellow board members laughed like I had made an especially funny joke. "Find us alternative ways to get money then if you're so smart," was pretty much the attitude I was met with.
I am no longer an SPJ member.
It's too bad, because there are many good things about it and other journalism groups. But I cannot support that sort of willful blindness toward corruption.
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