Help shape the future of journalism in our area by joining the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Pro chapter board. We’re currently accepting candidate applications to join our 11-member board of directors for the 2019-2020 year. The chapter has multiple two-year board positions open...
The Western Washington Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists is asking members of the journalism community to nominate outstanding journalists in our area for six special chapter awards: Journalist of the Year New Journalist of the Year June Anderson Almquist Lifetime Achievement Award Susan Hutchison Bosch Award for Perseverance...
It's time for deserving journalism students to apply for scholarships and grant funding from the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The scholarships for the 2019 - 2020 school year are as follows: Two SPJ Western Washington Pro chapter scholarships to undergraduates majoring in...
The SPJ Western Washington chapter is aware of sexual harassment allegations involving one of our board members. We take this claim very seriously and have suspended the board member pending further information. Sexual harassment is a pervasive issue in journalism and other industries, and we support...
The 6th annual Holiday Scoop is here to bring together area journalists and their supporters in one big year-end bash. Don’t miss it! Last year’s event raised several thousand dollars in Society of Professional Journalists - Western Washington chapter scholarships for aspiring journalists. This year, we...
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...
By Kaitlin Gillespie A group of about a dozen women in journalism from around the state and Oregon gathered in Spokane last month for the second Washington News Nerds workshop. The one-day conference offered its attendees a crash course in data reporting, covering topics including Excel, SQL...
By Chloe Collyer SPJ Wash provided aspiring photojournalist Chloe Collyer (who uses they/them pronouns) a grant to attend the The Image Deconstructed workshop in Denver. Collyer wrote the following about their experience: [caption id="attachment_4179" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Erika Schultz[/caption] When I was in photo school, I reached out to local...
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...
[caption id="attachment_4093" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Flickr/ Ivan Rigamonti[/caption] By Kate Martin My grandmother taught me it’s rude to ask someone’s age, but for journalists a date of birth is an essential piece of a puzzle. Which among two or more people with similar names committed a crime? We find...