We ⤠you. You ⤠news. Celebrate Valentine's Day with some journalism love. Check out our new ‪t-shirts ($15) and hoodies ($35). They'll be available at all our upcoming events, including the March 10 continuing education event at The Seattle Times that will cover storytelling and the April 21...
If you haven't turned in your 2015 entries yet for the SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest, you have more time to gather your best work and submit it. The contest deadline is now Feb. 20. Get all the details on the SPJ Region 10 Blog....
The SPJ Western WA Pro Chapter has a lot going on in February. Sign up now for the first two highlights below and save the date for the rest! We’ve launched the 2015 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest! Send us your best work from...
Our first continuing education event is at the University of Washington on Feb. 11: “J-School in a Night.†Reserve your spot. (SPJ and AAJA members get in free, $10 otherwise.) J School In a Night has something for everyone. Attendees can choose 3 out of 4...
[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Trophies boxed up, ready to hand out at the NW Excellence in Journalism awards gala (Photo by Joshua Bessex)[/caption] If you haven't entered your best work from 2015 into the SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest yet, you've still got some time....
Guest post by Victor Balta, University of Washington news office director and a former editor at Al Jazeera America. The announcement last week that Al Jazeera America would be shutting down in April hit me as a friend, a journalist and, most importantly, a news consumer. I...
We're looking for passionate journalists to judge entries from other SPJ chapters around the country. We call these chapters our swap partners, as their volunteer judges read and judge our Northwest Excellence in Journalism regional awards entries. Working journalists and former journalists are welcome to volunteer. If...
[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Trophies boxed up, ready to hand out at the NW Excellence in Journalism awards gala (Photo by Joshua Bessex)[/caption] We hope you've been keeping track of your best work from last year, because the 2015 Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest is now...
By Ashley Stewart, Western WA Pro Chapter treasurer As we kick off 2016, we wanted to also look back on the busy year we had in 2015! Below are some of our highlights: “Writing books for journalistsâ€: The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ continuing...
Seattle's biggest party for journalists and their supporters, the Holiday Scoop, is back! Our sixth annual celebration will be at Fado Irish Pub in downtown Seattle on Dec. 11. It brings together print, digital, television, visual and radio journalists of all ages. Let's celebrate the holidays and...
