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...
The Washington State Legislature is attempting to pass an emergency bill that essentially renders it impossible for reporters to ever appeal secrecy by our elected officials. Sens. Sharon Nelson and Mark Schoesler presented their case in Olympia Thursday to the dismay of professional journalism boards,...
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...
'Good data reporting shouldn't be confined to big cities' By Kaitlin Gillespie About 20 women in journalism from across the Northwest converged on The News Tribune in Tacoma early this month for a weekend of learning new skills and discussion the challenges of being a woman in the...
The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Board of Directors seeks a content and event production intern for the 2017-2018 season. This is a paid internship position with about 5-10 hours of work per week starting upon hiring and lasting through mid-June. Hours are mostly...
By Dan Catchpole Pres. Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on the country’s professional news media Wednesday, with thinly veiled threats on Twitter to pull broadcast licenses due to critical news reports. The attack fell flat in the face of reality. The First Amendment protects broadcasters from...