Ninety minutes isn’t a lot of time to get through some of the most enduring challenges in journalism, but panelists and the audience tried to tackle some of them Tuesday night. In his introduction to the second #JournalismSoWhite event of the year...
Seattle’s news publications have a diversity problem. Late last year, The Seattle Times caught hell from its readers after a story about local musician Hollis Wong-Wear’s band, The Flavr Blue, went viral. The story’s headline, “Warmth and intimacy from The Flavr Blue, with Macklemore sidekick Hollis...
An introduction from Caley Cook, president, SPJ Western Washington PRO chapter: It turns out that journalism can be a lonely place. We casually know this, of course, but you can also Google “journalism + loneliness†and quotes from dozens of famous reporters will pop up. And that’s...
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 Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter is excited to announce the 2016 Passion Projects grant winner: Seattle photojournalist Meryl Schenker for her proposal “The Hidden Face of Mental Illness.†We'll honor her and other winners of our special chapter awards at Saturday's 2016 SPJ NW Excellence...
We're happy to announce our emcees for the June 18 awards gala, the Northwest News Network's Austin Jenkins and KBCS's Sonya Green. Since January 2004, Austin Jenkins has been the Olympia-based political reporter for the Northwest News Network. In that position, Austin covers Northwest politics and...
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...