If you're a current SPJ member, please check your email for a link to your ballot for the next SPJ Western Washington Pro Chapter board. We've got 12 people running for seven seats. Two candidates are running to fill leadership positions, and 10 candidates are running to fill...
Join the Western Washington Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists June 18 at the Hyatt Olive 8 as we recognize winners of the 2015 NW Excellence in Journalism Contest, gala award winners and scholarship recipients. Members from across SPJ Region 10 (Oregon, Washington,...
We are re-opening our nominations for the SPJ Gala Awards, in order to clarify confusion around the rules. NOTE: self-nominations are not allowed, with the exception of the Innovation Award. Newsrooms are welcome and encouraged to self-nominate for the Innovation Award. Please help us spread the...
We want to hear from you! Journalists don’t always get the recognition they deserve, so please help us honor the best professionals in our industry. Nominate outstanding journalists in our area for six special chapter awards. The application process is simple. Just a few questions and 500...
Thanks to the generosity of the SPJ national office, we have a copy of the Academy Award-winning film "Spotlight," and we’re going to show it for FREE. We'll also include a pre-show networking mingle and post-showing informal discussion on Monday, May 9, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m....
By Julia-Grace Sanders, University of Washington student [caption id="attachment_2887" align="aligncenter" width="425"] Panelists discussed the root of skewed demographics in newsrooms.[/caption] In the last three decades, journalism has gone from a predominantly white and male industry to the demographic we have today -- predominantly white and male. After years...
Tickets are still available for our next local news trivia night -- April 21 at 6:30 p.m. (Mingle for a bit, then we'll start promptly at 7!) Finally! A chance to utilize your vast wealth of local news knowledge, at the spring edition of Headlines ‘n Deadlines...
This is a guest post by Yessenia Funes, editor at YES Magazine and one of the panelists at the April 12 #JournalismSoWhite discussion in Seattle. SPJ Western WA Pro Chapter board member Marcus Green helped organize the event, and he and chapter president Athima Chansanchai served...
The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is calling for applicants for four scholarships for deserving Washington state journalism students. The scholarships for the 2016-2017 school year are as follows: Two SPJ Western Washington Pro chapter scholarships of $4,500 each to undergraduates majoring in journalism...
Join in a power packed discussion April 12 focusing on the state of journalism today from the viewpoint of prominent journalists of color at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center. The discussion will center on the unique challenges faced by women and communities of color in...