The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington board is pleased to announce photographers Gemina Garland-Lewis and Grant Hindsley are this years’ winners of the Passion Project grants. The Passion Project grants support photojournalists working on documentary projects at a time when newsrooms are dramatically cutting...
The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter on Wednesday announced the honorees of the 2018 SPJ Wash awards, which recognize the work of journalists across the state, and the student recipients of $15,000 in scholarships and grants. All recipients will be honored during the...
This week, the national Society of Professional Journalists organization sent out a statement that they were investigating misappropriation of funds in Region 10, which oversees SPJWash and SPJ Oregon Territory. For more than nine months, SPJWash has worked with SPJ to investigate this issue and...
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 2018-2019 year. The chapter has multiple two-year (board) and a one-year (secretary) term available for candidates, who must be approved...
By Kaitlin Gillespie A group of about a dozen women in journalism from around the state and Oregon gathered in Spokane last month for the second Washington News Nerds workshop. The one-day conference offered its attendees a crash course in data reporting, covering topics including Excel, SQL...
By Chloe Collyer SPJ Wash provided aspiring photojournalist Chloe Collyer (who uses they/them pronouns) a grant to attend the The Image Deconstructed workshop in Denver. Collyer wrote the following about their experience: [caption id="attachment_4179" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Erika Schultz[/caption] When I was in photo school, I reached out to local...
Update: the deadline has been extended to Sunday, May 20th, at 11:59pm. Got a documentary photography project burning inside you? The SPJ Western Washington Passion Projects award is now open to Washington state photojournalists with an outstanding idea and superb portfolio to back it up. This year's...
SPJWash is offering $15,000 in scholarships for journalism students. The chapter will award two $5,000 scholarships and one $3,500 scholarship to undergraduate students majoring in journalism at two- or four-year Washington state colleges and universities. An additional $1,500 award, the June Anderson Almquist Memorial Scholarship, is...
Washington state Legislature launched such a powerful assault on open records that it won a dishonorable mention in SPJ's national Black Hole award contest for its "outright contempt of the public’s right to know." In response, please join the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington chapter for...
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