HB 4177 takes a wrecking ball to Oregon public meetings law. That's why SPJ Oregon, which represents journalists across the state, is calling on Gov. @tinakotek.bsky.social to veto it and preserve the public's right to know.
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Wow, Oregon (and Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Montana), you really showed up! We received 1,101 entries into the SPJ Region 10 contest this year.
Best of luck to everyone!
Today's the last day! Submit your best 2025 work to our five-state contest by 8:59 p.m. tonight. Rules and entry link here:
www.spjwash.org/2026/02/cont...
A bill is advancing in Salem that would blow a hole in the public's right to know, according to the top official who protects Oregonians’ public meetings law, Susan Myers. @SPJOregon, @OPB and others strongly oppose #orleg #orpol #foia
And the close date of March 2? That's for real. No extensions this year, just full transparency. Thanks to all who have already submitted!!!
Oregon journos! Early bird pricing on the Region 10 contest expires at 9 p.m. SUNDAY (Feb. 15).
Get your entries in by 8:59 p.m., and you're GOLD. That's $30 per entry for member pricing, $35 for nonmembers.
After that, it's $35 per entry for SPJ members and $40 per entry for non-SPJ members.
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Our annual conference is tomorrow in Eugene! We now have a full schedule for all of our sessions. More info about the schedule, tickets and more can be found here:
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Trophies! If you won an award in our 2024 contest, you can take a home your trophy straight from our conference in Eugene.
We will be making arrangements to deliver all the other Oregon trophies to their proper homes. But conference goers will get the first crack at it.
The conference! We're returning to Eugene and the University of Oregon on Oct. 18 for our annual conference.
We'll have panels on public records, solutions journalism, covering the Trump administration and more. It's not too late to buy tickets:
Board elections! We've extended the deadline for candidates until Wednesday, Oct. 8.
Strong journalism is needed now more than ever. Help us support that by running for a seat on the board. You can find more info on how to run here:
It's looking like it's going to be a very busy October for us and we shared some of our plans in our latest newsletter.
We've got some exciting updates on the conference, trophies and the upcoming board elections.
5/ Board candidate applications are due by 11:59 pm on Friday, Sept. 26.
Voting will begin Sept. 29 and runs through Oct. 3.
The four open seats serve two-year terms and another one-year term seat is reserved for educators and students. Email your statement of candidacy to info@spjoregon.com.
4/ SPJ Oregon's board also has a seat reserved for journalism faculty members and students. We encourage any college student actively studying or participating in journalism — whether or not your school has a journalism program — to apply for the seat. This board member serves a one-year term.
3/ You’ll have a hand in deciding which projects we focus on, and which policies we’d like to address to best support journalists in our region.
2/ Here are some more details:
Our 9-member board of volunteers meets monthly & plans events, such as the annual regional contest, training opportunities and fundraisers to fund our lobbying efforts in Salem.
1/ Help us shape the future of journalism in Oregon and Southwest Washington by joining the SPJ board!!!
It’s never been tougher to be a journalist, but you CAN make a difference in the PNW. Email us a 150- to 200-word statement of why you should be elected to spjoregon @ gmail . com (no spaces)
Wildfires are one of the defining issues of our time. But from a practical perspective, how do you cover them? We got advice from the Oregon Department of Forestry and journalist @aprilehrlich.bsky.social. www.spjoregon.com/news/tips-fo...
Read more about today's vote from @opb.org's Bryce Dole: www.opb.org/article/2025...
or the @oregoncapitalchronicle.com's @shaanthx.bsky.social: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/24/o...
or the Statesman Journal's @diannelugo.bsky.social: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...
The narrow failure of Senate Bill 686, the bill that would require fair compensation for Big Tech’s AI "plagiarism machine," is bad news for Oregonians. We’re proud of our coalition’s hard work and progress toward achieving a solution.
This week, per @spjoregon.bsky.social, Oregon Business took home four 2024 Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards, which reward outstanding work from among hundreds of entries submitted by journalists in five states: oregonbusiness.com/oregon-busin...
So freaking excited the little paper that could comes through again! @eugeneweekly.com with 6 wins in the @spjoregon.bsky.social awards! So proud of all the folks who keep Eugene Weekly going and the @uosojc.bsky.social students who write professional stories with impact. www.spjoregon.com/contest
Congratulations to all the winners! I'm glad there are still so many great journalists in Oregon doing their thing.
A bunch of my pals won journalism awards for being very smart and excellent at journalism. Being a journalist is very hard as it is, being excellent at it has got to be like 5-10x harder at least. Great job being smart and excellent pals!
Our @oregoncapitalchronicle.com senior reporter @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social swept the investigative category in the five-state Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest and took second in hard news features for small outlets.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/03/o...
