Name: Sadie Babits Job: News Director for Boise State Public Radio Education: B.A. Political Science / International Relations; minor in Mass Communication from Boise State Where are you originally from? I've lived so many places - Portland, Denver, Washington, D.C. (briefly), Flagstaff, Arizona. But I call Boise my home and I'm originally from Salmon, Idaho, where I grew up. What brought you back to Idaho and BSPR? A great opportunity to lead Idaho's largest public radio newsroom! My husband Nate and I love Boise and he had … [Read more...]
MEDIA MOVES
May 1, 2013 by
IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE Business reporter Holly Beech is the reporter for Meridian Press, a new weekly newspaper that launched Jan. 25, 2013. Beech is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University. Local Editor Charlotte Wiemerslage handles day-to-day news operations for the new product. Night Reporter Torrie Cope is the new business reporter after serving as night reporter for a year at the Nampa newspaper. Rebecca DeLeon, former editor in chief for The Arbiter at Boise State University and recent BSU graduate, is the new night reporter at … [Read more...]
President’s Column: Idaho Supreme Court begins live-streaming arguments, improves public access
October 16, 2012 by
By Betsy Russell
In August, the Idaho Supreme Court began live video streaming its oral arguments from its main courtroom in Boise.
That means we can watch and report on them live from anywhere in the state; it's a great step forward for access.
This is occurring through cooperation between the court and Idaho Public Television, in an expansion of the Idaho Legislature Live streaming service (which is now being renamed "Idaho Live"). At least initially, the streaming will occur only for Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Press Club contest entry, judging goes all-online
October 16, 2012 by
Press Club contest entry, judging goes all-online
Starting in December, you'll be able to enter your best work in the Idaho Press Club's annual awards competition entirely online.
"Most other professional competitions have moved to an online system. It was time," said contest committee chair Joan Cartan-Hansen.
The online system will accept most standard files: .pdf, .jpg, mp3, .wmv, .mov
"Broadcasters should be familiar with the video uploading process," Cartan-Hansen said. "We are using the same company … [Read more...]
Fall conference to explore media ethics in the thick of election season
October 16, 2012 by
The Idaho Press Club's fall conference this year will be held in partnership with the University of Idaho School of Journalism and Mass Media and its Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium, which is set for Oct. 19 at the Idaho State Capitol Auditorium.
All Press Club members are invited to attend; the symposium and conference are free and open to the public. The topic will be especially timely: "Politicians vs. the Press: Media Ethics in an Election Season."
The conference will run from 8 a.m. to noon, starting with a continental … [Read more...]
Mining public records to tell the story, break the news
October 16, 2012 by
By Todd Dvorak
When Ian Marquand told the Idaho Press Club he was just passing through Boise and would be willing to give a freebie seminar on public records and the Freedom of Information Act, we jumped at the opportunity.
Marquand is the former Freedom of Information chairman of the Society of Professional Journalists and a longtime leading voice in the West for teaching reporters why mining public records is essential to what we do, and how to better use the law to our advantage. He lives in Helena, Mont., and was … [Read more...]
Press Club’s Watkins scholarships available to working journalists for projects, students for college
October 16, 2012 by
By Melissa McGrath
Did you know the Idaho Press Club offers scholarships to working journalists every year? It’s true! Through the Don Watkins Scholarships, the Idaho Press Club funds scholarships for both working journalists and students.
You're probably familiar with the Don Watkins Memorial Scholarship for college students; there's more info on that below. But we also have the Don Watkins Mid-Career Scholarship, which is available to any Idaho Press Club member for a worthy project or expense.
Last year, … [Read more...]
Meet your IPC: Martha Borchers
October 16, 2012 by
Name: Martha Borchers
Press Club position, and how long you've held it:
Executive Director, since April 1992.
Background/career path:
Prior to my years with the Idaho Press Club I worked for several years at a law firm as a secretary/ legal clerk. Then, to indulge my interest in healthcare, switched gears and worked for a new doctor just opening his practice. I enjoyed the variety of work in a solo medical practice environment because I did everything from receptionist to … [Read more...]
EarthFix site takes top national online honors
October 16, 2012 by
By Sadie Babits
More than a year ago, Boise State Public Radio and Idaho Public Television teamed up with Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland to help launch a regional journalism initiative called EarthFix. This public media project is now being recognized by the Online News Association (ONA ) with two prestigious awards.
At the September ONA awards banquet in San Francisco, EarthFix won in the small site category for topical reporting. It also was honored with another award for its emphasis on explanatory … [Read more...]
MEDIA MOVES
October 16, 2012 by
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Brad W. Gary has been promoted to assistant city editor at the Lewiston Tribune after spending six years as a reporter at the paper. Before coming to the Tribune, he was a reporter for the Columbia Basin Herald in Moses Lake, Wash., the Shoshone News-Press in Kellogg and the Clark Fork Valley Press in Plains, Mont. He is a 2003 graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism. He replaces Randy Thompson, who was recently named editor of the Hermiston (Ore.) Herald.
IDAHO FALLS
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Ed News outlet opens in Idaho
October 16, 2012 by
By John Miller
The Idaho Capitol is due to be populated by new reporters this session, writing for an education news website funded by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation.
The website, which comes in the wake of voters' defeat of public schools chief Tom Luna's education reforms, is being coordinated through Boise State University's Idaho Leads Project, a program bankrolled by the Albertson Foundation to focus on strengthening leadership capacity in Idaho's K-12 schools.
There's a familiar … [Read more...]
Longtime journalist, public official Swisher dies at 88
July 9, 2012 by
Joseph "Perry" Swisher died June 6, 2012 at his residence in Boise at the age of 88.
Perry was born Sept. 21, 1923 in Bruneau, Idaho, the son of James Joyce and Maymee (Blakeslee) Swisher. He graduated Pocatello H.S. in 1941, and received a Certificate in Arts in 1943 from University of Idaho Southern Branch, Pocatello; and B.A. from Idaho State University in 1968. His residences in Idaho included: Blackfoot, Idaho (childhood): Pocatello, Idaho (1930s to 1976); Lewiston, Idaho (1976-1979); and Boise (1979-death).
Perry … [Read more...]
