Did you miss the deadline to get your ticket to the SPJ banquet Saturday? No problem; SPJ has you covered. The chapter has reserved 10 tickets and is selling them at the door for the ultra cheap price of only $50. Just show up to the...
We know journalists are procrastinators, and due to many requests, we are extending the deadline to get your tickets to the annual SPJ awards banquet on May 19. The new and FINAL deadline is 4 p.m. on Friday, May 18. Order your tickets here as...
The Western Washington Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is accepting candidate applications to join its 11-member board of directors ballot for its 2012-13 year. The chapter has multiple two-year (board) and one-year (officer) terms available for candidates, who must be approved in...
[caption id="attachment_1676" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Tracy Record"][/caption] The Western Washington Pro Chapter of SPJ is proud to announce that Tracy Record, founder, editor and publisher of the West Seattle Blog, is the 2012 recipient of its June A. Almquist Award celebrating distinguished service in journalism. Please join the...
[caption id="attachment_1584" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Madison Ballroom"][/caption] Tickets are now available to the SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 19. Buy your tickets now to take advantage of early bird pricing (early bird rate ends May 9) Doors to the banquet will open at...
[caption id="attachment_1572" align="alignright" width="219" caption="Madison Ballroom"][/caption] Save the date! On Saturday, May 19, the Western Washington Pro Chapter will host our annual awards banquet for the Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest at the Seattle Renaissance Hotel. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and dinner will begin at...
Are you an experienced media professional who has a knack for evaluating the work of others? If so, you might make a great volunteer judge for SPJ. Our chapter is looking for experienced media professionals to evaluate contest entries from a variety of media fields in...
[caption id="attachment_1557" align="alignright" width="300" caption="SPJ's three 2011 SPJ scholarship award recipients, with their names up on the centerfield scoreboard at Safeco Field."][/caption] If you've ever benefited from a scholarship, here is your chance to pay it forward. SPJ is collecting items that it will auction for student...
Congratulations to the college journalists in Western Washington whose work was honored by an SPJ Mark of Excellence award for the 2011 calendar year! Local winners were honored at the Region 10 SPJ Spring Conference at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., over the weekend. SPJ's Region...
March is SPJ National Membership Month, and we want our members to share their membership pride on Twitter. This Wednesday, March 21, join the conversation by tweeting #JoinSPJ and tell us and your followers why you are a member of the nation's largest and oldest journalism...