Best of 2022 Awards Banquet to Honor Winners

April 3, 2023 by

By Deanna Darr

It’s time to celebrate some of the best work of Idaho journalists in the last year. Join us on Saturday, April 29, for the Best of 2022 Annual Awards Banquet.  

We’ll be gathering at the Boise Centre East in the heart of downtown Boise. We’ll be in the ballroom on the fourth floor of the Boise Centre beginning at 6 p.m. for a social hour featuring a no-host bar and a chance to catch up with colleagues. You can enter from the Boise Center East entrance just across the Grove from the main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring 2023

President’s Column: Register now for Haberman Q & A, courts training, and our annual awards banquet

April 3, 2023 by

By Betsy Russell

Registration is open now for all three of our big events this month: A private, in-person, on-the-record Q-and-A in Boise with New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman for our members only on April 26, in conjunction with the Frank Church Institute; our top-notch Journalists Institute on Covering the Courts, which will be April 29 in Boise; and our gala annual awards banquet the evening of April 29 at the Boise Centre … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring 2023

‘Copyright troll’ trend comes to Idaho

April 3, 2023 by

Idaho state Rep. Heather Scott held a Confederate flag for a photo and shared it online - her husband didn't want us to do the same

By Daniel Walters

This article is reprinted by permission from the Inlander, where it was first published March 16, 2023

Idaho state Rep. Heather Scott posted this copyrighted Inlander cover to criticize it./Illustration by Jeff Drew

It was March 27, 2022 — just after the end of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring 2023

Meet Your IPC: James Dawson

April 3, 2023 by

James Dawson is a political reporter for Boise State Public Radio and former news director there, and is a member of the Idaho Press Club board. A University of Idaho graduate, he joined BSPR in 2018. He previously worked for Delaware Public Media and for Inland Northwest Broadcasting in Moscow.

Interviewed by Audrey Dutton

How do you wind down from covering the legislative session? (Tell us about your awesome … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring 2023

Media Moves

April 3, 2023 by

New faces in your newsroom or communication department? Let everyone know. Send your Media Moves email@idahopressclub.org

IDAHO CAPITAL SUN, Boise

The Idaho Capital Sun welcomes back Mia Maldonado to a full-time reporting position. She'll cover the Idaho Legislature, statewide elections, LGBTQ+ issues and housing and growth issues. Maldonado was an intern through the Voces Internship of Idaho program with the Capital Sun in summer 2022 and later landed a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spring 2023

On retiring after a long journalism career

January 17, 2023 by

President's Column

By Betsy Russell

(Note: This column first appeared in the Idaho Press)

BOISE — It’s been quite a career.

I first decided I wanted to be a newspaper reporter when I was in the eighth grade, inspired by a fabulous junior high school journalism teacher. I edited both my junior high and high school newspapers, stirred up some controversy in the process, and started writing for my local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Winter 2023

Contest deadline is coming up Jan. 20

January 17, 2023 by

Get your entries in!

Now is the time to enter your best work of the year in the Idaho Press Club’s “Best of 2022” annual awards contest. The deadline is fast approaching on Jan. 20. If you haven’t done this already, it’s time to review and enter your best work of the year; you deserve the recognition!

Our Contest Committee this year conducted an extensive review and update to our categories. You’ll find an array of changes, including new categories for Spanish-language media and more. All entries are submitted online … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Winter 2023

Apply now for Don Watkins student and mid-career scholarships

January 17, 2023 by

The Idaho Press Club annually awards $1,500 scholarships to Idaho college journalism students, along with a $500 mid-career scholarship for any training or project that will improve the working press in Idaho. Both are endowed scholarships, named in honor of Don Watkins, the former press secretary to Idaho Gov. John Evans who mentored scores of Idaho reporters and who died in 1981. The deadline to apply for both the student and mid-career scholarships this year is Feb. 15.

Interested in applying? Or know a deserving journalism … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Winter 2023

Diversity fellowships available for SEJ conference

January 17, 2023 by

The national conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists will be in Boise this year, from April 19-23, and SEJ and The Uproot Project, a network for journalists of color who cover environmental issues as well as students and others aspiring to cover this beat, are partnering to offer diversity fellowships (worth up to $2500) to support attendance. The fellowships cover travel, lodging, the conference and a one-year SEJ membership, and are being offered to encourage journalists of color who have been historically underrepresented … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Winter 2023

Media Moves

January 17, 2023 by

THE TIMES-NEWS, Twin Falls

Following 4 1/2 years as an editor at USA TODAY, where he led a national team of more than 20 editors and reporters, Steve Kiggins became the Times-News newsroom’s top editor on Nov. 14. He has won national, regional and state reporting awards over three decades in journalism, working mostly in Wyoming and Utah.

Jesse Gwin joined the Times-News on Oct. 31 as a sports reporter, covering primarily high school sports in the Magic Valley.

BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO

This past year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2023, Winter 2023