01 Mar SPJ speed date: Students follow tour of KUOW with fast career advice from 7 pro mentors
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26 Feb Writing Fast And Well
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18 Feb Event: Writing Fast and Well
[caption id="attachment_2367" align="aligncenter" width="440"] Credit: Ben / Flickr[/caption] What? Writing Fast and Well, a writing workshop with AP editor Chris Grygiel When? Monday, February 24 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where? The Seattle Times Company: 1000 Denny Way, Seattle, WA 98109 Who? Presented by the SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter How much?...
16 Feb Best story ever? Looking back on Seattle’s Super Bowl coverage
BY MARINA TAYLOR 12s. 12s everywhere. A single 12 flying proudly atop the brightly illuminated Space Needle, 12s flapping from car windows in the cold Seattle wind, giant shining 12s spanning entire faces of skyscrapers, and even a special 12th Man Boeing 747 flying in a 12-shaped...
10 Feb Writing headlines that get clicks
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05 Feb SPJ Student Scholarships – We Are Giving More In 2014-15!
The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is awarding two scholarships for $3,000 to undergraduate students majoring in journalism or communications at two-year or four-year colleges in the state of Washington. Awards are for the 2014-2015 school year. We are also offering the...
03 Feb Write better headlines: Workshop coming up Feb. 10!
Learn to write click-tastic headlines with Seattle Times editor Greg Rasa at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Times! Spots are filling up fast so don't wait - save your spot soon! The event is free for members and $10 for non-members. Want to skip the...
29 Jan ‘I’m just ’bout that action, boss.’ What journalists should learn from that awesome Marshawn Lynch interview
Super Bowl Media Day was today, and of all the sound bytes and interviews, the one everyone’s talking about is the one that was probably least likely to happen: Deion Sanders’ “I’m just ’bout that action, boss†interview with Marshawn Lynch: The surprise part of this...
27 Jan Get recognized: Enter the NW Excellence in Journalism contest!
[caption id="attachment_2337" align="alignright" width="300"] This could be you! KING 5's Chris Daniels and Evonne Benedict pose with their trophies for photographer Joshua Bessex at our 2013 SPJ Awards Gala.[/caption] You've got just under three weeks a month to enter this year's Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest, and...
18 Dec Congrats to Berit Anderson on her very ‘official’ engagement!
A big congrats to SPJ Western Washington board member Berit Anderson, who was on the receiving end of one of the more memorable and "official" engagements we've ever seen at -- can you believe it? -- a Seattle City Council meeting. Berit, an editor at Crosscut,...