The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter honored journalists from across the state on Thursday. Among them, Seattle Times reporters Lewis Kamb and Jim Brunner were named Journalists of the Year. Kamb agreed to share the speech he gave during Thursday's awards party: It’s a terrific...
The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter on Wednesday announced the honorees of the 2018 SPJ Wash awards, which recognize the work of journalists across the state, and the student recipients of $15,000 in scholarships and grants. All recipients will be honored during the...
SPJWash is offering $15,000 in scholarships for journalism students. The chapter will award two $5,000 scholarships and one $3,500 scholarship to undergraduate students majoring in journalism at two- or four-year Washington state colleges and universities. An additional $1,500 award, the June Anderson Almquist Memorial Scholarship, is...
SPJ is now accepting entries for the 2017 Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest. The contest honors journalists across SPJ's Region 10, which covers Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Montana. [caption id="attachment_4045" align="alignright" width="424"] Journalists Alex Garland, Reagan Jackson and Alex Garcia at the 2016 Excellence in Journalism...
By the SPJ Wash board: KUOW last week aired a controversial one-on-one interview with an unnamed man who had been punched in the face after walking around downtown Seattle wearing a swastika armband. Many listeners condemned KUOW, arguing the station amplified a hateful agenda by allowing the...
SPJ Wash is launching an inaugural mid-career grant to give Washington journalists the resources to complete long-term investigative projects. Read more about SPJ Wash's five scholarships and grants. By Erika Schultz, Seattle Times photographer and fan of Andrew Schneider [caption id="attachment_3684" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo by Vince Musi[/caption] Pulitzer Prize winner...
The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awards five annual scholarships and grants to journalists and journalism students from Bellingham to Vancouver. The deadline for all scholarship and grant applications is May 15 at 11:59 p.m. All materials should be emailed as...
[caption id="attachment_3618" align="alignright" width="240"] Susannah Frame is KING5's chief investigative reporter.[/caption] Join the Society of Professional Journalists for the Washington Collegiate Journalism Conference, which brings together students from colleges and universities around the Pacific Northwest for a day-long workshop series. Buy tickets. WCJC17 is from 9:30 a.m....