Sorry, but it is poor writing to not spell out your acronyms - don’t blame Wonder Warthog for not knowing what you are talking about when you mention ‘SPJ’ without first spelling it out.
Thanks, DB. Precisely the point I was going to make. For all I know, "SJC" might stand for "San Juan Capistrano". The letters "S", "J", and "C" can stand for a lot of different things....all legit.
Gee, if someone is writing with pretentious authority about professional journalists, then it seems rather obvious. One wouldn't insult a poster who railed about the federal judiciary by believing he might not know what the SCOTUS is, and one would assume that a FReeper pontificating broadly and harshly about professional journalists would be familiar with the Society of Professional Journalists, its membership, and its activities.