It’s contest time – get ready to enter your best work!

The Idaho Press Club’s “Best of 2023” annual awards contest will open for entries on Monday, December 11.  It’s time to review and prepare to enter your best work of the year; you deserve the recognition!
 
The deadline to enter the contest is Jan. 20. All entries are submitted online at www.idahopressclub.org.  Go on there now, check out the categories and divisions, and … [Read more...]

By Scott McIntosh

NOTE: This column first appeared in the Idaho Statesman on Nov. 9, 2023; it is reprinted here by permission.

You’d think that after 48 years and covering an estimated 1,000 City Council meetings, Mark Steele would take a break. 

But last week, even after he ceased operation of his weekly newspaper, the Caribou County Sun, Steele found himself at Soda Springs City Hall. 

“Believe it or not, I was driving past the City Council meeting the other night, the … [Read more...]

Mario Miguel, a student at BYU-Idaho, is just completing his term as the student representative on the Idaho Press Club board.

Interviewed by Melissa Davlin

Hometown?
I was born in California but grew up in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area. I have grown to love the West, however, and plan to stay on this side of the country for as long as I can.
 
Current job?
I am a staff reporter for BYU-Idaho Scroll, … [Read more...]

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

BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO

Murphy Woodhouse joins the public radio team as the Idaho reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau. Previously Murphy was reporting from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, covering cross-border issues for KJZZ … [Read more...]