The MSN Research Team reached out to our SPJ Chapter with a specific request focused at freelancers in this area. Please read their announcement below and if you participate let us know how it goes: "Are you a freelance journalist in the Puget Sound area who...
The holiday season has officially begun and what better way to get into the spirit than a party? SPJ has partnered with AAJA Seattle for the third annual Holiday Scoop party on Dec. 12 so come and join us next week at The Woods on Capitol Hill for a bit of holiday...
After more than a dozen years, it is time to update the Western Washington Pro chapter bylaws in order to better meet the needs of chapter members. Per the chapter's current bylaws, we hosted a general membership meeting last week to review proposed revisions. Tomorrow night...
What pictures and videos can you use for your blog or hyperlocal news network? What is considered your intellectual property when you post online? What makes something private publishable? [caption id="attachment_1851" align="alignleft" width="123" caption="Eric Stahl"][/caption] Navigating the legal implications of content on the wild, wild world wide...
The SPJ Western Washington chapter will be hosting two general membership meetings on Nov. 12 and Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. During the Nov. 12 meeting the board of directors will present bylaw changes to attendees. Please see our current bylaws here. During the Nov. 19 meeting...
Web publishing has become so prepackaged and easy, anyone can do it. But running a successful blog for your personal/professional use or small business? That's a-whole-nother beast. How can you tell which posts people like best? Who are your readers? Where are they from? Is your...
SPJ's Code of Ethics was present front and center at the Washington Collegiate Journalism Conference on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the University of Washington. Student journalists from 13 two-year and four-year colleges attended sessions focused on skills such as storytelling, page design, interviewing techniques and photojournalism,...
While we're in the midst of a national drive to boost membership in SPJ, we thought it would be a good time to take the pulse of our members through a survey. We want to know what we, as the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Pro Chapter,...
Meet the members of the SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter board on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 11 am to Noon at the Lake City Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 12501 28th Ave. N.E. Seattle, WA 98125 This hour-long meet and greet will follow a retreat...
FREE Freedom Of Information Act workshop open to the journalists and the public this Friday, June 29 in Bellingham at Western Washington University. SPJ member David Cuillier leads this FOIA workshop at WWU, Academic West Building, Room 204 from 12:30p-5p. The presentation is part of Cuillier's Access Across America workshop...
