SPJ is now accepting entries for the 2018 Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest. The contest honors journalists across SPJ's Region 10, which covers Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana. Help us recognize the great work you did in 2018 by entering the contest here: www.betternewspapercontest.com/2017spjnwcontest. Entries are $20 each....
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...
UPDATE: This post has been edited to reflect the correct list of 2017 NWEIJ winners, including the addition of the Very Large division. We apologize for the initial omission. Congratulations to the winners! SPJ Wash is thrilled to announce the winners and runner ups of our...
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington board is pleased to announce photographers Gemina Garland-Lewis and Grant Hindsley are this years’ winners of the Passion Project grants. The Passion Project grants support photojournalists working on documentary projects at a time when newsrooms are dramatically cutting...
The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter on Wednesday announced the honorees of the 2018 SPJ Wash awards, which recognize the work of journalists across the state, and the student recipients of $15,000 in scholarships and grants. All recipients will be honored during the...
This week, the national Society of Professional Journalists organization sent out a statement that they were investigating misappropriation of funds in Region 10, which oversees SPJWash and SPJ Oregon Territory. For more than nine months, SPJWash has worked with SPJ to investigate this issue and...
The Western Washington Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is accepting candidate applications to join its 11-member board of directors ballot for its 2018-2019 year. The chapter has multiple two-year (board) and a one-year (secretary) term available for candidates, who must be approved...
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...