SPJ's Code of Ethics was present front and center at the Washington Collegiate Journalism Conference on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the University of Washington. Student journalists from 13 two-year and four-year colleges attended sessions focused on skills such as storytelling, page design, interviewing techniques and photojournalism,...
The SPJ Fall Continuing Education program kicks off Tuesday with a special election coverage session from 7 to 8 p.m. at Fisher Plaza. Cost is free to members and $10 for everyone else. Pizza will be hot and ready to eat at the beginning of the...
Back by popular demand, the SPJ Western Washington Continuing Education Series is kicking off this fall with four sessions. We are holding a special one-hour election coverage session next Tuesday night. The other three sessions will be held on Monday nights from 7 to 9 p.m....
We're excited to co-sponsor the SPJ Washington Collegiate Journalism Conference -- coming Saturday, Oct. 20 to the University of Washington with an all-star lineup. The conference is co-sponsored by our chapter and UW's student newspaper, The Daily. Sessions are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3:30...
While we're in the midst of a national drive to boost membership in SPJ, we thought it would be a good time to take the pulse of our members through a survey. We want to know what we, as the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Pro Chapter,...
September is membership month for the Society of Professional Journalists, and to mark the occasion, we're taking to social media to share musings from both national and local figures on the enduring value of journalism. The quote embedded in this post comes from longtime Seattle reporter...
Welcome to a new year of Western Washington SPJ activities! Want to boost your network and your skills in the field? Join SPJ today! To kick things off this year, SPJ National declared a month long membership drive from Sept. 4 to Oct. 4. Your chapter...
We're remembering Kathi Goertzen this week, along with her many friends in the Seattle media space and beyond. Goertzen, a KOMO News reporter and anchor for more than three decades, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. She was the recipient of the 2010 SPJ...
Meet the members of the SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter board on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 11 am to Noon at the Lake City Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 12501 28th Ave. N.E. Seattle, WA 98125 This hour-long meet and greet will follow a retreat...
FREE Freedom Of Information Act workshop open to the journalists and the public this Friday, June 29 in Bellingham at Western Washington University. SPJ member David Cuillier leads this FOIA workshop at WWU, Academic West Building, Room 204 from 12:30p-5p. The presentation is part of Cuillier's Access Across America workshop...