The Holiday Scoop journo party will be free!
Update Dec. 7: The City of Seattle has decided to enforce an admission-fee policy against us, requiring us to pay taxes on this nonprofit scholarship fundraiser. So, instead of giving the city a cut of the Northwest Journalists of Color scholarships, we are opening the party to all invitees for free. Donations are welcome online […]
Meet Sunny Wu, editor and ex-lifeguard
Editor’s note: This is part of a new, bi-weekly series, where Sarah will be profiling one of our AAJA members Name: Sunny Wu Hometown: A native-born Seattleite. Education: Political science degree from University of Washington. Work: Projects editor, MSN (starting in December). Formerly: Editor at FOX Sports, ESPN, AOL and msnbc.com. Lifeguard in high school. […]
Defending press freedom for student journalists at WWU
By Gina Cole To use a metaphor that sports writers may jibe me for: some of my peers at Western Washington University seem to view college not as the season opener to adult life, but as merely a scrimmage. “Sure, we’re doing the same things, but they don’t affect our record right now.†It sounds […]
What’s in Your Backpack, Journalist?
If you’ve been looking for your next journalism position then you know your journey has probably been painfully bumpy against the backdrop of the lingering recession, newsroom cut backs, leaner paychecks, scarcity of jobs and scores of unemployed journalists eager to get back to another newsroom. Many others have even jumped the journalism ship in […]
Behind the scenes of The Seattle Times’ newest blog
By Lauren Rabaino A few weeks ago at The Seattle Times, we launched a new blog called The Today File. Technologically, the blog is a breath of fresh air in our newsroom that — like many traditional newsrooms– deals with a lot of legacy software. We launched the blog on open-source blogging software WordPress, the […]
Meet the AAJA Seattle Chapter Board Candidates
It’s time to vote for the AAJA Seattle Chapter Board officers! This year, we are voting on President, Vice President of Programs, Secretary and National Advisory Board Representative. Ballots will be sent to the email address filed with AAJA. It will arrive in your Inboxes on Oct. 18. Ballots are due by noon Oct. 28.