It’s coming to the end of the year. As the members of our leadership are graduating, we are sad to say goodbye to you all but excited for our futures! SPJ UW needs a team of dedicated journalists to lead the club during the 2018-19 school year. If you’re passionate about making a difference in […]
Three women leading the way in Seattle’s journalism community came to speak with UW communication and journalism students on Thursday, April 26th: Sara Bernard with the SeattleLand Podcast, Ashley Walls, a content writer for Microsoft, and Anika Anand, co-founder of The Evergrey shared their experience, stories, and advice. Hear from our leadership about what they took […]
On April 5, SPJ UW and UW students met with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds to talk about public radio in journalism, audience engagement and community journalism. You can read more about Reynold’s work in radio journalism here. Each of our SPJUW officers have shared their takeaways and insights from the event. As a student journalist who […]
As the sun finally emerges once again from the tumultuous winter, your SPJ officers have emerged from their reporting positions in Olympia; and one of us is back from Rome! (Pro Tip: Click on their names to visit each of their websites!) Our treasured Treasurer, Hannah Pickering, studied abroad in Italy […]
We’re almost halfway through Winter quarter! Here are some updates on what our SPJ members have accomplished so far. Josh Kelety, Alex Visser and I are covering the legislature in Olympia for the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, along with Agatha Pacheco for the Seattle Times, Enrique Pérez De La Rosa for KNKN NW News Network, […]
On December 1, a group of students from the UW Communications department joined Outreach and Alumni Relations Manger Junko Westling, Communications Specialist Megan Jeffrey and Coordinator of Student Relations Troy Bonnes in visiting a variety of companies in the Seattle area. The visit was part of the two-day 2017 Seattle Career Exploration Trip. SPJ […]
Journalists are simultaneously storytellers, scribes and visual communicators. Working in a world inundated with stereotypes, biases and trite explanations for nuanced subjects challenges us to be sensitive and ethical when covering suicide, mental health and violence. SPJ UW hosted three panelists on Nov 28 to discuss best practices for reporting on these subjects, looking at […]
