Claire Marie Regan
Claire Marie Regan, the 106th president of the Society of Professional Journalists (2022-2023), has more than 30 years of newsroom experience. She is the recently retired managing editor of her hometown paper the Staten Island Advance, New York, USA. The Society of Professional Journalists helps its members in a variety of areas, such as combatting attacks on democracy, promoting freedom of the press, defending against intimidation of journalists, encouraging DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), sharpening skill development for journalists, recruiting students from HBCUs and promoting the SPJ Code of Ethics. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been a paladin in defending freedom of the press worldwide. In general, journalism can be strengthened by inculcating the SPJ Code of Ethics and combatting misinformation, disinformation and lies, which are often disseminated by a variety of faux news outlets. SPJ has an online International Community that focuses on international issues.
