How can the public and the press help each other? The action-oriented conversations known as Journalism that Matters (JTM) are coming to the northwest for their first geographically focused gathering to seed the connection between journalism and civic engagement in our region. January 7-10, 2010, some...
InvestigateWest, a Seattle-based investigative journalism center, has received a $40,000 grant from The Bullitt Foundation to do in-depth, independent environmental reporting. InvestigateWest was founded in July to pursue investigative stories important to the Pacific Northwest and the West. InvestigateWest rose from the ashes of the Seattle...
We were not able to find an instructor to teach the online research class on Monday, October 19 as planned, so we are postponing it. We will post details of the new date and time once we have scheduled the class. Thanks for your understanding. Dana Neuts...
We are now at the halfway point for the SPJ Fall Continuing Series. So far, the classes have been well attended and feedback has been positive.Thanks to everyone who has participated! We have four classes to go and have a few schedule changes. Please note the...
Join us Monday, October 12, 2009 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. as Christine Umayam of Q13 FOX teaches journalists how to shoot & edit video for the web. Note the new venue and time for this class: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. University of Washington...
SPJ is a co-sponsor of two October Seattle CityClub election events:  Tuesday,  October 13, 2009 CityClub and The Seattle Times present Election Debate: Seattle City Council in partnership with the Seattle Public Library. The event will be in the Microsoft Auditorium at the Downtown Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Avenue...
Tracy Record has joined the board of the Western Washington Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Tracy is founder, editor and co-publisher (with husband Patrick Sand) of West Seattle Blog, the Seattle area's first financially self-sustaining independent community-collaborative online neighborhood news service. Before WSB became...
The Western Washington Pro Chapter of SPJ is co-sponsoring a conference on Oct. 10 on the Seattle University campus dedicated to the future of news. Sessions include: - The Future of Newspapers; - Building Your Brand as an Independent Journalist; - How is Technology Shaping the Newsroom of the...
The October 7th SPJ Press Club has been canceled so we can join with other journalists' groups for a mixer the following week. You are invited to join SPJ and local chapters of the Online News Association, National Association of Black Journalists and Asian American Journalists...
Are you a writer or editor in Oregon or Washington? Have you thought it’s time to take your writing to the next level? Do you want to be a more dynamic writer? Would you like to give your audience more? Then this Narrative Writing Workshop is for you! Branch outside...