By Sara Lerner, SPJ Western WA Pro Chapter board member Last night was beautiful. Getting about 160 journalists together to meet each other, recognize one another's hard work, and raise money to support young journalists is a gorgeous thing. We were honored to see you all...
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest, for stories reported in 2015! Award recipients were announced tonight at our annual Region 10 SPJ Gala, hosted by the SPJ Western Washington Pro chapter, and all are listed below. This SPJ Region 10 contest is...
The SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter is proud to announce this year’s Gala Award winners: Kathy Best, Anna King, Kate O'Connell Walters, Casey Jaywork, Ashley Stewart, The Seattle Globalist and Andrew Wahl. These exemplary journalists are being recognized for their considerable contributions to the profession and...
A HUGE round of applause for our four fabulous SPJ Student Scholarship recipients: Julia-Grace Sanders, Starla Sampaco, Samantha Chapman and Genny Boots. You can have the pleasure of meeting the fab four in person at the SPJ Gala on June 18 at Hyatt Olive 8 in...
If you're a current SPJ member, please check your email for a link to your ballot for the next SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter board. We've got 12 people running for seven seats. Two candidates are running to fill leadership positions, and 10 candidates are running to fill...
Join the Western Washington Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists June 18 at the Hyatt Olive 8 as we recognize winners of the 2015 NW Excellence in Journalism Contest, gala award winners and scholarship recipients. Members from across SPJ Region 10 (Oregon, Washington,...
We are re-opening our nominations for the SPJ Gala Awards, in order to clarify confusion around the rules. NOTE: self-nominations are not allowed, with the exception of the Innovation Award. Newsrooms are welcome and encouraged to self-nominate for the Innovation Award. Please help us spread the...
The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is calling for applicants for four scholarships for deserving Washington state journalism students. The scholarships for the 2016-2017 school year are as follows: Two SPJ Western Washington Pro chapter scholarships of $4,500 each to undergraduates majoring in journalism...
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...