The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has been around since 1909. The Society's goals include protecting the First Amendment, helping journalists achieve the high standards expected of them, encouraging diversity in the field, and inspiring others to become proper journalists.
SPJ gives a large amount of resources to its members. Their website has both a job bank for individuals looking for long-term positions and a freelancer directory for editors to find freelancers quickly and easily. The site also offers links to various training programs and workshops to help journalists improve their writing, scholarships, fellowships, and internships for those still taking classes, as well as links to information on various conferences for journalists already active in the field. There is a section of the site dealing with diversity containing individual articles, sources, and guidelines, as well as a diversity toolbox that allows individuals to search a database of information on diversity by either keyword or topic (they have over 60 different topics that you can select). The SPJ site also features an ethics section containing a Code of Ethics, articles, and resources.
The society also has a legal defense fund that it uses to provide its members with legal or direct financial assistance; the legal defense fund page explains that much of the fund is used to support litigation that helps enforce public access to government records and proceedings, with the remaining money being split between coalitions and newsletters, lobbying, and the previously mentioned financial assistance.
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