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Kate Martin, business watchdog reporter for The News Tribune, teaches a group of Western Washington University journalism students about using Excel in reporting. Martin was one of the organizer's for this month's Washington News Nerds Inaugural (Un)conference. (Photo by Rachel Alexander)

13 Nov ‘News Nerds’ gather for weekend learning in Tacoma

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'Good data reporting shouldn't be confined to big cities' ByÂ Kaitlin Gillespie About 20 women in journalism from across the Northwest converged on The News Tribune in Tacoma early this month for a weekend of learning new skills and discussion the challenges of being a woman in the...

01 Nov SPJWash seeks paid intern

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The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Board of Directors seeks a content and event production intern for the 2017-2018 season. This is a paid internship position with about 5-10 hours of work per week starting upon hiring and lasting through mid-June. Hours are mostly...

12 Oct Arguing about facts is different than saying facts don’t matter

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By Dan Catchpole Pres. Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on the countryâ€™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...

26 Sep Naming names: Why journalists hate granting anonymity (and why they sometimes have to)

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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...

01 Sep Win seat at WCOG breakfast with SPJWash

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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...

08 Jun SPJWash election brings on six new board members

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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...

03 Jun Only 2 Days Until the Awards Party! Buy Tickets Now Before Prices Go Up

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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...

02 Jun Tamayo, Dompor, Jaramillo, win Passion Project Awards

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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...

24 May Congratulations to Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest winners!

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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...

23 May SPJ Western Washington announces 2017 gala award, scholarship winners

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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...

13 Nov ‘News Nerds’ gather for weekend learning in Tacoma

01 Nov SPJWash seeks paid intern

12 Oct Arguing about facts is different than saying facts don’t matter

26 Sep Naming names: Why journalists hate granting anonymity (and why they sometimes have to)

01 Sep Win seat at WCOG breakfast with SPJWash

08 Jun SPJWash election brings on six new board members

03 Jun Only 2 Days Until the Awards Party! Buy Tickets Now Before Prices Go Up

02 Jun Tamayo, Dompor, Jaramillo, win Passion Project Awards

24 May Congratulations to Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest winners!

23 May SPJ Western Washington announces 2017 gala award, scholarship winners

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