Celebrate the West’s best journalism

Come celebrate some great journalism! SPJ Colorado Pro's Top of the Rockies contest award ceremony starts at 6 p.m. Friday at the Denver Press Club. The Top of the Rockies contest is a regional, multi-platform contest for reporters and news organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Awardees and guests are welcome to attend the free award ceremony. … Continue reading Celebrate the West’s best journalism

Highlights from #SPJ9

What does it mean to be a journalist in the West? That was the question I ended up pondering on my way home from the SPJ Region 9 Conference hosted by the Utah Headliners chapter this weekend. Perhaps, from Wyoming to New Mexico and from Utah across the border to Colorado, we’re rather good at … Continue reading Highlights from #SPJ9

In support of Senate Bill 40

The Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists would like to join our friends at the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Denver Post and other media organizations in support of Senate Bill 40.   Since 1949, Colorado SPJ Pro has worked to advance, develop and formally recognize higher standards of journalism … Continue reading In support of Senate Bill 40

Sunshine Week e-event: Media literacy panel discussion

Join SPJ Colorado Pro, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and 9NEWS for a Sunshine Week panel discussion on Facebook Live on Wednesday evening, Mar. 15. Following a segment on the 6 p.m. show “Next,” 9NEWS anchor Kyle Clark will moderate a discussion of media literacy and new challenges facing news organizations. The discussion will live be … Continue reading Sunshine Week e-event: Media literacy panel discussion

Region 9 Conference in Salt Lake City next month

SPJ's Region 9 Conference is coming up in Salt Lake City! Join journalists from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming for 10 events/training sessions March 24-25. The conference, hosted this year by the Utah Headliners Chapter of SPJ, will include sessions on covering marijuana, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints across the … Continue reading Region 9 Conference in Salt Lake City next month