President's Column

By Betsy Z. Russell

A key part of the Idaho Press Club’s mission is to promote excellence in journalism, and one way we work toward that is by providing professional training. I can’t say enough about the recent “Stress, Trauma and Self Care for Journalists” training that was organized by our training committee, chaired by Audrey Dutton, with the Dart Center for Trauma and Journalism.

The training, held on Jan. 6, drew more than two dozen Press Club members, and it was top-notch. We have another … [Read more...]

By Melissa Davlin

The Idaho Press Club has teamed up with Attorneys for Civic Education and the University of Idaho College of Law for a free courts training for Idaho journalists, the latest installment of our multi-year Journalists’ Institute on Covering the Courts training series.

Registration is open for the day-long session, titled “Without Fear or Favor: Reporting on the Rule of Law and the Work of an Independent, Impartial Judiciary.” The training will take place at the University of Idaho College of Law … [Read more...]

Benjamin "El Chupacabras" Reed

Benjamin is the Program Director, Spanish Language Brand Manager, and News Director for 99.1 La Perrona, LatinX and formerly La Patrona and La Fantástica 970. He also programs KYJJ Boardman, Oregon and KYOZ, Spokane, Washington (which covers northern Idaho). His only English job is with KART AM at night.

Interviewed by Joan Cartan-Hansen

Where were you born and where did you go to school?

I am an Idaho native, born in Boise, but have lived in North Dakota, Utah, Texas, … [Read more...]

Mid-Career grant recipient 2021

By Rachel Spacek

For years I watched my colleagues at other newspapers attend the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference. They came back with data experience, source building ideas and phone numbers from dozens of fellow reporters across the country. I was always either new at my newspaper or new in journalism and never had the chance to figure out how reporters got to take a week off work and fly to these conferences.

Thankfully, last year the Idaho Press Club’s Don … [Read more...]

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Idaho News 6 - KIVI Boise/KSAW Twin Falls
Isaiah Sharp is a new multimedia journalist at Idaho News 6 in Twin Falls. He is a graduate of Washington State University. On March 1, Dana Aplin will start as Executive Producer for Good Morning Idaho. She is coming from Fort Myers ,Florida's ABC and NBC affiliate. She is a graduate … [Read more...]