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News and updates from the Western Washington Pro Chapter of SPJ. Join us in celebrating local journalism, old & new! Tweets by members of our board.

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CONTEST OPEN!

You’ve waited patiently… and it’s finally time to get your best work of 2025 together, because the annual SPJ Region 10 Excellence in Journalism Contest is open!

HARD DEADLINE: 8:59 p.m. PST, March 2. (No extensions this year!)

https://t.co/hSWGXQAr3H

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Come join SPJ Western Washington for a night in Tacoma! We'll be there to chat about what resources, workshops and events you’d like to see this year.

This evening is for journalists 21+ from 6:30-9 pm at Devil’s Reef at 706 Court C.

https://t.co/fktCN0tJ80

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Seattle IRE is launching its third year of IRE meetups in Seattle — a community of investigative reporters, editors, public records hounds, data diggers and watchdogs of every stripe. And SPJ Western Washington is joining as co-sponsor!

RSVP at https://t.co/17oug0Dgon

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This Thursday!

Join us at Neighbours Nightclub to celebrate the winners of the 2024 NW Excellence in Journalism Awards contest, featuring speaker Marcus Harrison Green -- publisher of the South Seattle Emerald and award-winning writer.

https://t.co/xiDDEXpoKc

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We’re still looking for people who want to help us promote, improve and celebrate journalism at SPJ Western Washington by joining our Board of Directors.

We’ve pushed the deadline to October 10. Please sign up!

https://t.co/eO6raQNhUv

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We're looking for new board members! Please consider joining the SPJ-WA Board of Directors and helping us support our region's hardworking journalists.

https://t.co/IqcoQFVwgp

[David Kroman @KromanDavid]

Extremely cool and rare opportunity: The Seattle Times is hiring a DC correspondent. Rare these days for a local paper. https://t.co/KQjXnGZ5Ds

[DavidAZPM @DavidAZPM]

Big ups to a great team! Love being with them and a part of them😀 @SPJWash https://t.co/Q9ttF58Yco

[Guy Oron @GuyOron]

Excited to announce my article for @RealChangeNews, “Undoing Seattle’s spatialized apartheid,” just won first place in racial equity reporting in the small publication category at the Northwest SPJ awards.
Thank you so much @SPJWash for the recognition! It really means a lot 🥰

[maya tizon @mayatizon]

almost a year after the layoffs, we won 1st place in @SPJWash environmental & natural disaster reporting for last year's coverage of the 10-year anniversary of the Oso mudslide.

proud of this team :,)

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Congratulations to the 2024 SPJ award winners! We're announcing them here:

https://t.co/XyTJfNKF1p

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POSTPONED: We're pushing this event back to June 11! Tomorrow is too soon for giving you all enough notice, and it's supposed to be a scorcher. We're hoping you can join us, same time and same place, two weeks from this Wednesday.

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THIS WEDNESDAY: Catch up with fellow journalists at our regular mixer: 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 at Moss Bay in Kirkland (111 Central Way). Come meet your peers reporting in Washington! (Sorry for the short event notice!)

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THIS WEDNESDAY: Catch up with fellow journalists at our regular mixer: 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 28 at Moss Bay in Kirkland (111 Central Way). Come meet your peers reporting in Washington! (Sorry for the short event notice!)

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FINAL EXTENSION: The contest submission deadline has been extended for the second and final time, to Monday March 24, 2025 at 9 p.m. Pacific Time.

Please don't delay! Get your entries in.

https://t.co/9O4UwVnTFb

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ProJourn’s mission is to increase the supply of pro bono attorneys trained in pre-publication review and access to public records — two of the most critical editorial legal needs of journalists — and to meet the legal demands newsrooms face in an ever-changing news landscape.
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REMINDER: This evening at 6:30 on Zoom, join us for a legal training with @ProJourn to learn about your rights as a journalist! https://t.co/Qf3ZjWlumn
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During this training, ProJourn will introduce you to the different legal resources it provides. Join the Zoom call here: https://t.co/Qf3ZjWlumn
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Do you know your legal rights as a journalist? Join us on Tuesday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m., for a discussion with @ProJourn, a nonprofit that works w/journalists, news orgs, and documentary filmmakers to ensure their crucial work is supported when needed by pro bono attorneys. 1/2

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DEADLINE EXTENDED

The SPJ Region 10 Excellence in Journalism Award Contest remains open and now has a new deadline.

The contest submission deadline has been extended to March 21, 2025 at 9 p.m. Pacific Time. Questions? Contact contest manager Becky Day at [email protected]

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The SPJ NW contest is OPEN! Get your entries in by March 11.

https://t.co/AiC3vONUdu