Come join area journos as the SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter celebrates the spring edition of Headlines ‘n Deadlines bar trivia at Machine House Brewery in Georgetown on April 21. This event will be hosted by former two-time Jeopardy champion Glenn Fleishman, a veteran tech journalist who has written extensively for...
[caption id="attachment_2847" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Joanne Silberner and Eli Sanders[/caption] Listen in as two top local journalists interview each other on the craft of storytelling. Eli Sanders, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, and Joanne Silberner, an NPR veteran, will sit down for a one-on-one conversation at 7 p.m....
Hopefully you've seen our many emails, tweets and Facebook posts about this, but if you haven't, you still have time to enter the 2015 NW Excellence in Journalism Contest. The FINAL deadline is now Monday, February 22 at 5 p.m. PST. Submit your best work from 2015...
We ⤠you. You ⤠news. Celebrate Valentine's Day with some journalism love. Check out our new ‪t-shirts ($15) and hoodies ($35). They'll be available at all our upcoming events, including the March 10 continuing education event at The Seattle Times that will cover storytelling and the April 21...
If you haven't turned in your 2015 entries yet for the SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest, you have more time to gather your best work and submit it. The contest deadline is now Feb. 20. Get all the details on the SPJ Region 10 Blog....
The SPJ Western WA Pro Chapter has a lot going on in February. Sign up now for the first two highlights below and save the date for the rest! We’ve launched the 2015 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest! Send us your best work from...
Our first continuing education event is at the University of Washington on Feb. 11: “J-School in a Night.†Reserve your spot. (SPJ and AAJA members get in free, $10 otherwise.) J School In a Night has something for everyone. Attendees can choose 3 out of 4...
[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Trophies boxed up, ready to hand out at the NW Excellence in Journalism awards gala (Photo by Joshua Bessex)[/caption] If you haven't entered your best work from 2015 into the SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest yet, you've still got some time....
Guest post by Victor Balta, University of Washington news office director and a former editor at Al Jazeera America. The announcement last week that Al Jazeera America would be shutting down in April hit me as a friend, a journalist and, most importantly, a news consumer. I...
We're looking for passionate journalists to judge entries from other SPJ chapters around the country. We call these chapters our swap partners, as their volunteer judges read and judge our Northwest Excellence in Journalism regional awards entries. Working journalists and former journalists are welcome to volunteer. If...