Our Seattle-based monthly mixer has been a blast, but our members come from all throughout Western Washington. So, we’re bringing the mixer to you. Join us for our new north-end meetup, 7 p.m. April 30 at AFK Tavern in Everett! Play free console games with fellow journalists...
The Western Washington Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists is asking members of the journalism community to nominate outstanding journalists in our area for six special chapter awards: Journalist of the Year New Journalist of the Year June Anderson Almquist Lifetime Achievement Award Susan Hutchison Bosch Award for Perseverance...
For the first time, the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter will offer a "Passion Project” grant for Northwest photojournalists. The Pew Research Center reported photographers and visual journalists have been the newsroom staffers hit hardest by layoffs throughout the United States. Their jobs have...
By board member Lauren Foster Photojournalists @CorinneChin and @bettinahansen listen to @timmatsui's video session for @SPJWash #spjvideo pic.twitter.com/e4jukuTcbR— Erika Schultz (@ErikaJSchultz) April 8, 2015 Multimedia journalist Tim Matsui along with The Seattle Times photographer Bettina Hansen and video editor Corinne Chin hosted a presentation on how to...
We loved seeing our fellow journalists gather at The Streamline Tavern in Seattle for the first media critique mixer in February - now we’re making it a monthly gathering. The Streamline in lower Queen Anne will extend happy hour for a local media hangout: every first...
[caption id="attachment_2637" align="alignnone" width="400"] Riley Morton[/caption] Which stories would make great videos? How should you think about planning a shoot? And what should you know about lighting and sound to get the most out it? Join SPJ Western Washington and Seattle-based videographer Riley Morton for a crash...
[caption id="attachment_2623" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Clockwise, from upper right: Sonora Jha, Laura Coffey, Athima Chansanchai and trio at the talk[/caption] SPJ's Western Washington pro chapter kicked off its spring continuing education series March 24 with an event that showed how helpful it is to have a journalism...
Our continuing ed series is back in 2015, kicking off with a session for storytellers looking to become authors from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 at The Seattle Times: The event is free for SPJ members and $10 for non-members. Buy your tickets here! Four...
Jonesing to get with your people and talk about Brian Williams, the Serial podcast, or whatever other news or media critique topic you've been thinking about? Let's have some drinks at the brand new (but not too new) Streamline Seattle and do just that, this...
The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has decided to extend the deadline for student scholarships to April 17, 2015! This year we also increased scholarship amounts. The chapter is awarding two scholarships for $3,500 to undergraduate students majoring in journalism or...