After a busy year at SPJ, we are taking the month of July off for press clubs. Stay tuned for more information for the next press club event to be hosted by incoming SPJ Secretary Linda Thomas, a freelance broadcast and print journalist. More info....
Every year the local chapter of SPJ holds an election to fill vacant board seats and to usher in new leadership. This year's ballots are being mailed today, June 14, 2009, to every active SPJ member who is assigned to our chapter. The ballots will...
A free workshop for visual journalists who have been laid off or who are students of the field will be held July 30-Aug. 2 in Ventura, Calif. Participants will document the local community and produce multimedia projects in a 24-shoot followed by two post-production workshop...
Was there an error on your trophy or certificate? Want to order a duplicate? Below is the trophy and certificate reorder form. Please mail forms back to me, along with payment, if necessary, before Monday, June 22. SPJ Award Reorder Form...
Thanks to all who made Saturday's banquet a success! For those of you who won an award but did not attend, you may pick up your trophies and certificates at The Seattle Times' front desk during regular business hours starting today and ending Monday, June...
Tonight we are proud to have announced the Society of Professional Journalist's 2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards at the Western Washington Pro Chapter's Annual Awards Banquet. Held at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, the event drew more than 200 journalists, editors, staff, scholarship winners...
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...