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15 Apr Save the Date: SPJ Awards Banquet Saturday May 21 at Safeco Field!
The Western Washington Pro Chapter of SPJ is happy to announce that it will host its annual awards banquet at the Diamond Club inside Safeco Field. Please mark your calendars for the evening of Saturday, May 21. This is a new venue for the chapter's annual awards banquet. But it will still have all the things you love: Recognition for our Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest winners, a silent auction to benefit student scholarships, food, drinks, plenty of time to socialize, an entertaining program and a lot of fun. Did we mention there will be a bar?09 Mar SPJ regional conference April 8-9 in Richland, Wash.
Please join your fellow SPJ members from the Pacific Northwest region as we gather for our annual regional conference in Richland, Wash. on April 8-9. This year, the William O. Douglas Pro Chapter will host the conference. The deadline to register is March 15. You can...
28 Feb Deadline approaching for three journalism scholarships: Apply today!
Two scholarships totaling $4,000 are being offered by the Western Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate students majoring in journalism or communications at two-year or four-year colleges in the state of Washington. Awards are for...
18 Jan The 2010 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest is officially live!
Northwest journalists, photographers, editors, designers and more are encouraged to submit their best work from calendar year 2010 to SPJ’s annual regional award contest. Here is what you need to know: The deadline to submit entries is 11:59 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Late submissions will not be considered. All entries...
12 Dec The Holiday Scoop media party this Friday at Nectar
This Friday please join your fellow media professionals as we celebrate the holidays, great journalism and the successes of Seattle’s news organizations at Nectar in Fremont. The Holiday Scoop media party will include heavy appetizers, a live DJ and will be Emceed by KING5’s Lori Matsukawa...
15 Nov RSVP for tour of MSNBC on Tuesday, Nov. 16
Our colleagues at the Asian American Journalists Association have invited all SPJ members to attend a free tour of MSNBC's newsroom tomorrow, Tuesday Nov. 16, at 6:30 pm. If you want to attend please RSVP as soon as possible on the AAJA Facebook page. If you...
08 Nov RSVP for Thursday Press Club with Hacks & Hackers
Thursday night, SPJ's monthly Press Club joins forces with Hacks & Hackers to host a FREE social mixer at the Havana Social Club, 1010 E. Pike St., in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. SPJ members, please come out of your newsholes and meet the new crowd of...
05 Nov Tomorrow – SPJ College Conference at UW
“Journalism Today and Tomorrow†is the theme of SPJ’s Washington College Journalism conference tomorrow, Nov. 6, at the University of Washington in Seattle. The conference is aimed at journalism students at two-year and four-year colleges. The one-day program will feature Seattle area ...
30 Oct Learn how to start your own web business Monday with SPJ!
MONDAY, Nov. 1 at the Seattle Times auditorium, 7 pm — Entrepreneurial journalism: The nuts-and-bolts of starting your own web venture. Come out and learn from some of Seattle's best and most experienced local professionals as they give advice on how to launch your own journalism web...