Register NOW for SPJ's Northwest Regional Conference in Tacoma on Saturday March 31. After Thursday, March 15, the conference's discounted registration expires. SPJ members can attend a pre-conference, members-only reception on Friday, March 30. For more details and conference registration, visit here: http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/region10/?page_id=468...
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-- by board member Sharon Salyer [caption id="attachment_1504" align="alignright" width="216" caption="(Photo by niclas, CC)"][/caption] Area students, this one's for you: The Western Washington Chapter of SPJ is awarding two scholarships for $2,000 to undergraduate students majoring in journalism or communications at two-year or four-year colleges in the state...
-- by board member Ethan Chung Seattle is a city full of flavor. Join food bloggers/writers Keren Brown (author of “Food Lover’s Guide to Seattle), Jess Thomson (author of “Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts: Secrets and Recipes for the Home Bakerâ€) and Jay Friedman (Seattle Weekly columnist...
-- by board member Randal Beam [caption id="attachment_1485" align="alignright" width="187" caption="Pete Jackson"][/caption] For Pete Jackson, the story he wanted to tell was about fear. The fear that a Seattle cartoonist was experiencing after being declared a target for execution in a fatwa. And the fear – or...
The 2011 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest has extended its deadline and is now accepting entries through Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 8:59 pm. Enter now - Don't wait until the last minute! The contest is open to all content published in 2011 in the five-state...
-- by board member Melissa Dahl [caption id="attachment_1449" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Travis Hay"][/caption] Editor and producer Travis Hay won Best New Site in SPJ’s Excellence in Journalism regional contest last year for his Seattle-area music news website, Guerilla Candy. As an independent journalist, Hay was particularly excited to...
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-- by board member Randal Beam Google is great, but the Internet is rich with resources beyond search that focus issues and make stories stronger. Do you know where to find them? [caption id="attachment_1517" align="alignright" width="129" caption="Kellie Cheadle, KING 5"][/caption] Join us Monday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. at...
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