Good News:Â National SPJ is offering a Dues Waiver for Qualifying Members! Has your SPJ membership lapsed because you can't afford to pay your dues right now? With the current state of our industry, it is happening more frequently and it is times like this when...
From Media Bistro's Revolving Door Newsletter dated March 6, 2009: "Working in the media industry has been depressing lately, but it could be worse: While more than 7,000 media types lost their jobs in the first two months of 2009, more than 70,000 workers from the...
We've got five scholarships available, each worth $2,000, but you must apply by March 28. Four of the 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 the 2009-2010 school...
In the wake of recent layoffs at the Seattle Times and the possible sale or closure of the Seattle P-I, a group of 30 to 40 Seattle-area journalists came from as far north as Mount Vernon and as far south as Olympia to discuss the...
Last Friday was a big day in the Seattle news world, with the announcement that Hearst is putting the beloved Seattle P-I up for sale. If it doesn't sell after 60 days, Hearst said it will either create an online-only model or close the veteran...
If you are plugged into the Seattle news scene, you have undoubtedly heard today's announcement that the Hearst Corporation is putting the Seattle P-I up for sale for 60 days. If a buyer is not found, the P-I may go to a web-only format, or...
Seattle, Washington, December 14, 2008 – The Western Washington Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced its annual Excellence in Journalism contest today. The local chapter of the SPJ holds the contest every year to honor outstanding journalism in Magazines and Nondaily...
If you attended our Fall continuing ed series this year, we want to hear from you. We'd like your feedback on what classes were helpful and which could have been more useful to you. Specifically, as we design our five-week spring series (tentatively planned for...
If you attended the UW Collegiate Journalism conference last weekend, you might have seen Laura Evans' "Breaking into Broadcast" presentation. Evans, the 5 p.m. news producer for KOMO4 TV, gave students and other attendees some insight into how to break into the broadcasting business. Attached...
Bloomberg Without Bloomberg by Seth Mnookin, December 2008 Vanity Fair The industry may be retrenching, but Bloomberg News is expanding, bringing in big shots such as former Time Inc. chief Norman Pearlstine. As it looks to become the 21st century’s top news provider, its bizarrely scrappy culture—instilled...