By Dan Catchpole Pres. Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on the country’s professional news media Wednesday, with thinly veiled threats on Twitter to pull broadcast licenses due to critical news reports. The attack fell flat in the face of reality. The First Amendment protects broadcasters from...
By the SPJ Wash board: KUOW last week aired a controversial one-on-one interview with an unnamed man who had been punched in the face after walking around downtown Seattle wearing a swastika armband. Many listeners condemned KUOW, arguing the station amplified a hateful agenda by allowing the...
SPJWash is proud to support the Washington Coalition for Open Government through their 2017 Madison Andersen Awards Breakfast on September 22 at the Washington Athletic Club. Would you like to join us at the breakfast at the SPJWash table for FREE? (Yup, a $50 seat...
After the 2017 membership-wide election, the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington is pleased to welcome six new members of its Board of Directors. The board will welcome KING 5 chief investigative reporter Susannah Frame, Crosscut.com and KCTS9 visual journalist Matt Mills McKnight, Seattle Weekly News...
We've got a new format for the end-of-year awards party and we'd love you to join us! We'll honor the recipients of our awards, scholarships and grants on June 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Optimism Brewing in Capitol Hill. After listening carefully to your feedback, we're throwing...
We are thrilled to announce photojournalists Jovelle Tamayo, Ramon Dompor and Sofia Jaramillo are this years' winners of the SPJ Western Washington Passion Project grants. Tamayo and Dompor won the 1st place award of $1,000 for their project, "The Deported" documenting the effects of immigrant detention...
We are excited to join SPJ Region 10 to announce the winners of this year's Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest. Hundreds of journalists are honored in this year's contest, with top recognition and runners up from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Alaska. We are proud...
The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington announced today eight gala award winners and four scholarship winners for 2017. All recipients will be honored at SPJWash's 2017 end-of-season party on June 5. This year's Journalist of the Year is The Stranger's Sydney Brownstone for her relentless...
If you have an updated membership in our chapter, you should have received an email today that includes a link to vote on the next local board. There, you'll find short bios on these 7 candidates. SPJ Board members are elected to foster rich connections among...
Join SPJ Western Washington for our annual end-of-season awards bash as we honor the recipients of our awards, scholarships, and grants on June 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Optimism Brewing in Capitol Hill. We listened carefully to your feedback and this year, we're throwing a more...