Meet Your IPC : Deb Kristensen
Deb Kristensen is an at-large member of the Idaho Press Club board. She is currently a partner at Givens Pursley specializing in media law. She was the third woman in the history of the Idaho State Bar...
View ArticleDon Watkins Memorial Scholarship 2016; opportunities for mid-career and...
Every year, the Idaho Press Club awards $2,000 or more in scholarships to working journalists and future journalists. It’s all a part of the Don Watkins Memorial Scholarship Program. We gather...
View ArticleContest time will be here soon; plan now to enter your best work!
It’s almost contest time! Now is the time to prepare to enter your best work in the Idaho Press Club’s “Best of 2015” contest, Idaho’s premier journalism contest. We will open the website for entries...
View ArticlePress Club writes to leadership about open meeting questions
Idaho Press Club President Betsy Russell and First Amendment Committee Chair Rebecca Boone, concerned about open meeting and notice questions involving the Legislature’s Tax Working Group, sent the...
View ArticlePresident’s Column: A chance to learn about open meeting, public records laws
By Betsy Russell Everyone in Idaho – including reporters, public officials and citizens – should know about the Idaho Open Meeting Law and the Idaho Public Records law, what’s in them, and how to...
View ArticleIdaho Press Club Fall Conference set for Oct. 17 in Boise
When: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, October 17 (registration opens and Guru donuts and Flying M coffee will be served beginning at 8:30 a.m.) Where: Boise State University downtown facility, 301...
View Article‘Hacks and Flacks’ social event Nov. 12
Join the Idaho Press Club and Boise chapter of the Public Relations Society of America on Nov. 12 for the latest installment of our Hacks and Flacks happy hour forum series. 5:30 – 7 p.m. Thursday Nov....
View ArticleReporter/Inland Northwest and Idaho Legislature – Northwest Public Radio
The northwest’s nimble team of public radio and multimedia journalists is ready for you to join us as our correspondent based in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area. Read more and apply by Jan 4, 2016!
View ArticleMeet your IPC: Clark Corbin
Clark Corbin ( center, while in Pamploma, Spain) is a reporter at Idaho Education News, and has been on the Idaho Press Club Board of Directors since 2013. He also serves as the president of the...
View ArticleApply for Don Watkins scholarships
By Joan Cartan-Hansen Have an idea for a special project, want to attend a conference or get some specialized training but can’t afford it? The Idaho Press Club can help. Each year, the Idaho Press...
View ArticleChanges made at BSU radio after complaint
By Audrey Dutton Editor’s note: This article first appeared Dec. 15 in the Idaho Statesman; it is reprinted here. Two staff members at Boise State Public Radio complained to managers in February,...
View ArticleRecords requests pricey at the University of Idaho
Editor’s note: This article is by the Murrow News Service, which provides local, regional and statewide stories reported and written by journalism students at the Edward R. Murrow College of...
View ArticlePublic records requests, fees at issue in reporting rape-kit testing story
By Scott McIntosh For several weeks, Idaho Press-Tribune reporter Ruth Brown worked on a story about the testing of rape kits in Canyon County. What she found out was that only about 10 percent of the...
View ArticleIdaho Press Club announces 2016 pre-legislative social
What: Idaho Press Club’s pre-legislative social When: 5-8 p.m., Thursday Jan. 7 (following the AP Legislative Preview that morning) Where: Solid Grill and Bar, 405 S. 8th St., downtown Boise Cost: Free...
View ArticlePRESIDENT’S COLUMN: Report your public records problems
By Betsy Russell Although our current public records law provides no official place to turn other than going to court when a requester feels a request has been wrongly denied – or excessive fees have...
View ArticleContest is open; time to enter your best work
The Idaho Press Club Best of 2015 Annual Awards is now open. News organizations can enter online at bestinmedia.com. Find step-by-step instructions on how to enter, as well as contest categories, at...
View ArticleIdaho Press Club announces 2016 pre-legislative social
What: Idaho Press Club’s pre-legislative social When: 5-8 p.m., Thursday Jan. 7 (following the AP Legislative Preview that morning) Where: Solid Grill and Bar, 405 S. 8th St., downtown Boise Cost: Free...
View ArticleRegional education reporters, Idaho EdNews
Two full-time reporter positions are open with Idaho Education News, one located in North Idaho, living and working in the Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls area; and one located in eastern Idaho, living and...
View ArticleMeet your IPC: Clark Corbin
Clark Corbin ( center, while in Pamploma, Spain) is a reporter at Idaho Education News, and has been on the Idaho Press Club Board of Directors since 2013. He also serves as the president of the...
View ArticleMEDIA MOVES
New faces in your newsroom or communication department? Let everyone know. Send your Media Moves to: email@idahopressclub.org TELEVISION KIDK/KIFI Misty Inglet is a new reporter in the Pocatello...
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