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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> And I talked to student journalists about all of our futures.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; 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It was a fitting location for the most pressing topic, which is how our democracy and our profession are under attack. The day I left the city, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz4fkNYKvt-2AMf6_67DWiAvLYzFJHjq6nRwFnb3YHj3qTIKmIdVBri6hTnTpTcHQznwqq1HVf6ildfnIJ4EFG8uPE8UvKzgPS09GYJPxzax69GbdM3njjRVrDJA7yFcxQZFQy_9KXzoaWXtk4kCJof6N3gtMtA8ZC4BSqBIK0c6UwSPzaLn2-3QdVDLKQWtQXFjh6TXvGHoBvbeLUYdNDlZ6ui3LoYgItp4Oj_GeY_NbCKGnG42qbkNc4A7fLlHrMgfZCwTsGzjquHD-MeE45n83Lvy_78nfm0LyDBNsz-EzfJkAY0NeyZ06vMyqMOfNvw/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h6/h001.P9EJILc4BKaIM4j0C0iBRbdppodg-_X8MbLj-djQcfM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>more than</span></a> 200,000 people gathered downtown to protest Donald Trump’s administration, which he responded to with an AI-generated video of himself as a king, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz9XcpaIbd3kyF5Z-Rsa4w08GTBGKa5sQQSblboOuVlB3KO-QKiYWOvJo-jhT4jQFzY--RfwbqXad8jkuPFU_FHMydAenj9D6r2Sf7oQQtOKGMRSQYwSE9FACdLG5yakR8Xs3JTrSF6n0JruaQAYBdeg5JhjxsgrTNH9kWJpvXl0oOKZqhZydd2FN-Jp04dtPZmSWo1UUS7QwOkg4ui1FCwFWABGB1iJIpJ6WfabfX3hktmvhieZ5cLogcVPOdLaBrQ/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h7/h001.0vtdbJ_We_U7zMpSF_UFj7ZvhYFo_0uMOuL_HdUlYrY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>dumping poop</span></a> on everyone. A few days later, he started <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz25B6-okMS5CNrF1cWE5knwg0urUke2VKnLBXNSj1TO_jaxIC8fY_GHDRLUzj88UpCbD0qj5svf6kTZQ_PEVgAjkm50o7lHIrqEa1K5unHpOnmaKJ2l7Ohpe-XeG59GWcpznaSHGGXx6YcCAMSAdrrz-kNZt2jxG4iAjgFsDGMyyZ0RSiqUHvcAFUomGeZ8Mr5XvqlHmtgrzhm0pHg1sa8bgcRwUZi1KECPrGL0Ql_K23MCYZkFBLlb-xUx7zmGtmfGOOlmBoPOpG0i0ZVYH4wBj1Y5d1XebRBfRIDzzP5Dk/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h8/h001.zHm6J3d1M8aLDbB_mO41bAZgQ_9SP3XKT9dQdFM2f2E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>ripping apart</span></a> the East Wing of the White House, leaving an ugly, gaping maw where the First Lady’s offices used to be. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> With this ongoing backdrop of wanton destruction, I came to MediaFest for a pretty special reason: to accept the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz_ZaaEiSGr48ods5zs1yF0bGS2fyCrXEFnmLWneD_2z8EEQr1W-4XGTpbM3QtWxeXDRs8TN1imLxT-gsePN9Nyr6cYZsz-03RD1nYyNP88zRYMg8h2ZNjIlsh9zdcpvLHDb8Eo_VODBQMcQcYVx2z3W7y3mN5z5oZ0z2T1DXCFgtStzQSHEflOdGAo9EN-C_5cGK0QhIIXgP5SiZ6uX6fFMBnTyrwk_JbePCOksNHw6Zvddx_d95S9THPs92f3pvzGniMiVhlq3LeQuCPnpvCeZHgR95bshmYSzNLYQptAcK/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h9/h001.u5a4h0D29mtha-gX_fOFZGh9DcbIGAk09XGFcKVSMoE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>highest professional honor</span></a> awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists, which every former and current journalism student in America will recognize as the organization behind the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzwWepZHaIYjVVMOH5leFt5BVF_-ARUII-nCGC6dcIIU2vlfCG-9DVCDZ-nuEcA8BY390pVVyR8HshG3mzvmQGF7VRUp0d_2T945bpvjkT5q4aoE-aKZlfPwLVWbdeIcX8aWZsX9lZIwrLi_Sfs7Wd7ad3ixeFwbRWbJFT0PlPrFmvVT1A16pSuir9J7e4U-EiHxsZh6jCKZBR-QonU3J3gC7lrZ7RPIBfe_JjcIoLAHR/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h10/h001.r-NvIBRwM-LoEfKVRrs0Bzwjetq11RL1HgxIQrKqF9o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Code of Ethics</span></a> that we all learn about early on in our education. My <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz_ZaaEiSGr48ods5zs1yF0bGS2fyCrXEFnmLWneD_2z8EEQr1W-4XGTpbM3QtWxeXDRs8TN1imLxT-gsePN9Nyr6cYZsz-03RD1nYyNP88zRYMg8h2ZNjIlsh9zdcpvLHDb8Eo_VODBQMcQcYVx2z3W7y3mN5z5oZ0z2T1DXCFgtStzQSHEflOdGAo9EN-C_5cGK0QhIIXgP5SiZ6uX6fFPhUc0w9fzVBe3hgyARGqYmvEBgvu4OY6PrB4L_ZLzOAJd3P6ybrxOOHLqflR25g87lt_6CoR2dFiJMbmHy8Fx8/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h11/h001.dO-Hbd72WX_n1jdf9nYGl2YODJ3-nsAiaxJ8qwZaXtk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>fellow honorees</span></a> this year were Valeria Fernández, who founded the mentorship program Altavoz Lab to support reporters serving Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and other communities of color, and Dean Baquet, the first Black journalist to serve as the Executive Editor of <i>The New York Times</i>. Together, we represented legacy journalism, community journalism, and independent journalism (that’s us)! </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/c8e44d37-66ea-4e3c-92fe-236f05532182/Screenshot_2025-10-21_at_9.32.18_AM.png?t=1761055790" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>A photo of the Quill Magazine feature about Kat Tenbarge’s recognition as a Fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists, as well as a photo of Tenbarge’s plaque (insert). Photo credit: Kat Tenbarge</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I say <i>us</i> for a reason: this simply would not have been possible without the <i>Spitfire News</i> readership, which includes lots of new faces and plenty of people who have been supporting me throughout <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz-7PSHHevlVWEg5nU1MR1vw5FQbsDfrm_HnIlgdks9EtJb0yAz5kZXJWclIwJjhMk8eityVUt63bDG0vLrOM1kIyMouplD84zXqLIbncQvbMr0P1X4OVEd088eF09RGNRE0WbLqoGsEGy3__SOjgAfW1S_Iydv2ngpfMbWGxde4QImWu66_qsVEAPHMIXNVPJTUwaMZk11LRp_7DYlu_uZ1Nh4OeUZl0n4PuJ4r7rFGjYAfs0vpRXJ_n5zqE3tDtm5SsBM4YHcXmZOWX9UtI0as/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h12/h001.hier7pIHdbz8RZjL2l3OAsFgbZLre70IYJYw3LUoDfQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>my entire career</span></a> at both traditional and new publications. Independent journalism is one of the best ways to hold power to account, in large part because of the direct community support behind it. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being here. And a huge thank you to SPJ, especially outgoing president <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz-7PSHHevlVWEg5nU1MR1vyrI2myLQ-AjN2eIanmMTiNI5pq7VqSw-JkdTAvmBITUMIBS-WhOPZX3fWZ6n5BROjOmTQteDoiOMdaWz1THxqUI1MwqrOhEnRYIlug1XXLPmzQofNQQvRaMqOBIx_Sdfx8I7W8wcpGBq6kNMbNbMMrPuV-NMdew_XGfsx0e97jcJGlIixYA_jpIhMvsZYi5l7BD9lNi-tF9ADS-Pd339dOlam2hAO32UiqsNeub8zCr7ZHzQJjR52mFsL9U2if_ik/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h13/h001.4Ns3etjUpmORwWQP5ryzNgKj8wgDN9LkeVQytpZYjAE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Emily Bloch</span></a>. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Another reason I was thrilled to attend this conference was because I got to meet and chat with a bunch of student journalists, including some from my alma mater Ohio University, which <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzxgpDGDt5UAe01pW-E9gqBJHdHPcnaTRd4Oxf6W9109hv8863dCz6zqu-gmyCdTqjO7beA-PR0b8j0JFSjx2iR5aysTSxGS6ZJ9GPLFI3ZdecMfdLS1KTL0dEjqXOLLcbO1VKvXGX4g0e3liI6geN6gPrCtamlKuFihddaNwDjohrsXpDUeWASKOR3D29-vspxcLHEVt9XB9UBKEaoD96M4VvzxAXO8hxYVAqmtHoL2r/4kx/EqizTWp8QuaQF9lZR7Shcw/h14/h001.cRgwrn6ncJjqvyeiFWPkpFGJK_d7x8rg27520GBIjEM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>was recognized</span></a> as having SPJ’s Campus Chapter of the Year. 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