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...
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...
We want to hear from you! Journalists don’t always get the recognition they deserve, so please help us honor the best professionals in our industry. Nominate outstanding journalists in our area for six special chapter awards. The application process is simple. Just a few questions and 500...
Thanks to the generosity of the SPJ national office, we have a copy of the Academy Award-winning film "Spotlight," and we’re going to show it for FREE. We'll also include a pre-show networking mingle and post-showing informal discussion on Monday, May 9, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m....
By Julia-Grace Sanders, University of Washington student [caption id="attachment_2887" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Panelists discussed the root of skewed demographics in newsrooms.[/caption] In the last three decades, journalism has gone from a predominantly white and male industry to the demographic we have today -- predominantly white and male. After years...