IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION
While Idaho Reports host Melissa Davlin is on maternity
leave, Gemma Gaudette of Boise State Public Radio's Idaho
Matters will fill in for her at the anchor desk. Idaho Public Television
associate producer Devon Downey will take over as lead
producer of Idaho Reports for the 2020 legislative session, while
producer Seth Ogilvie works on other projects.
KTVB-TV 7
Jessica Mullins, who previously was KTVB digital managing editor,
has been promoted to … [Read more...]
Media Moves
January 3, 2020 by
President’s column: Contest, scholarships, and standing up for student journalists
December 6, 2019 by
By Betsy Russell
As winter arrives, we’re looking ahead to some Press Club landmarks on the calendar: Our annual journalism contest, for which entries will open in December; our annual Don Watkins Memorial Scholarship contest, with categories both for students and mid-career journalists, for which entries are due by Feb. 15; and the legislative session that starts in January, when our 1st Amendment Committee will swing into gear to advocate against legislative proposals that would shut down public access to our … [Read more...]
Ada County lawsuit: We sued. Now we wait.
December 6, 2019 by
By
Melissa Davlin
On Nov. 6, the Idaho Press Club appeared in court for a second time to defend
its challenge against Ada County for its unlawful public records practices,
this time focusing on Ada County's motion to dismiss based on standing. At the
hearing, 4th District Judge Deborah Bail announced in the courtroom
she will soon make a ruling on both standing and the merits of the case.
In September, the Idaho Press Club filed the request for declaratory judgment
after the county's repeated violations of public … [Read more...]
A unique fall training opportunity, IRE came to Boise
December 6, 2019 by
On a late September weekend, Boise State Public Radio hosted a training workshop by IRE, the Investigative Reporters & Editors. Earlier in the week, IRE had provided the radio team with “Total Newsroom Training,” a two-day intensive into data journalism led by Francisco Vara-Orta of Texas. The weekend workshop, however, was open to all Idaho journalists and 65 attended on that Saturday.
Vara-Orta began the day by introducing Mary Hudetz (AP New Mexico), Les Zaitz (Malhuer Enterprise) and Cynthia Sewell (Idaho Statesman), who … [Read more...]
Media Moves
December 6, 2019 by
New faces in your newsroom or communication department? Let everyone know. Send your Media Moves to: email@idahopressclub.org
IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW
Catie Clark has joined the Idaho Business Review as a staff writer covering development and health care. Catie holds a Ph.D. in geology and had a successful career in that field before moving over to journalism a few years ago. She most recently worked in Eastern Idaho at the Blackfoot Morning News and Bingham County … [Read more...]
President’s column: A reminder of the value of our public records laws
August 8, 2019 by
By Betsy Russell
It's not every day that journalists from Angola, Costa Rica, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore and Tanzania are checking out Idaho’s state Capitol, meeting with student journalists at Boise State, stopping by Idaho Public Television and meeting with various Idahoans. But it happened in June, as the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program brought the group to Boise, after trips to Washington, D.C. and Tampa, Fla., and before a visit to Boston.
They were part of a group … [Read more...]
Public radio launches new investigative podcast
August 8, 2019 by
By Tom Michael
As part of its work with the Mountain West News Bureau, Boise State Public Radio has launched LOCKED, a limited-series podcast about a transgender inmate who is suing the state of Idaho for sex reassignment surgery.
It looks at the case of Adree Edmo, which is now being weighed before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. If Edmo wins, she’ll be the first inmate to receive surgery through court order, and that could create ripple effects in prisons across the west and potentially the … [Read more...]
Spacial audio mixing: ‘The wave of the future’
August 8, 2019 by
Mid-Career Scholarship winner’s report: 360-degree video
By Troy Shreve
Editor’s note: The Idaho Press Club’s Don Watkins Mid-Career Scholarship awards $500 for an Idaho Press Club member to use for any training or project that will improve the working press in Idaho; the deadline to apply is Feb. 15 each year. This year’s winner, Troy Shreve of Idaho Public Television, shares what he learned.
A couple years ago at a strategic planning event for Idaho Public Television, I was part of a group … [Read more...]
IPC steps up training opportunities
August 8, 2019 by
Press Club spring training draws crowd; more in the works
The Idaho Press Club sponsored a full weekend of free
training for our members the weekend of this year’s annual awards banquet, and
both the Saturday and Sunday sessions April 27-28 were high-quality and
well-attended.
On Saturday, we held the 2nd annual Institute for Journalists on
Covering the Courts, in collaboration with Attorneys for Civic Education, the
Idaho Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the
District of Idaho and the … [Read more...]
Meet your Idaho Press Club board member
August 8, 2019 by
Jennifer Swindell, founder, CEO and managing editor at Idaho Education News
Jennifer Swindell has been an Idaho journalist for 30 years. She spent 20 years with the Idaho Statesman in a variety of writing and editing roles before becoming an information director for the Caldwell School District and then a communications director at Boise State University. While at Boise State, she launched her “big idea” to start Idaho Education News. Six years later, IdahoEdNews.org hosts thousands of page views a day and has seven … [Read more...]
Media Moves & Award News
August 8, 2019 by
New faces in your newsroom or communication department?
Let everyone know. Send your Media Moves to: email@idahopressclub.org
BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO
George Prentice joins the radio network as its full-time local host for Morning Edition, as previous host Matt Guilhem returns to California. Prentice has been with the station for decades, most recently as host of Weekend Edition on Saturday. He leaves his position as Editor of the Boise Weekly.
Sáša … [Read more...]
President’s column: Time to celebrate Idaho’s best journalism
April 5, 2019 by
By Betsy Russell
It’s time for the annual Idaho Press Club awards banquet! So make your reservations, get dressed up, and come out and celebrate. We all deserve it!
This big event will be Saturday, April 27, at the Boise Centre East, fourth floor, starting with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and awards at 7 p.m. The Boise Centre is located at 850 W. Front St. in the heart of downtown Boise.
This year’s menu includes: Rosemary and mustard marinated pork loin with Basque piperade; grilled … [Read more...]
Two high-quality training opportunities for Idaho journalists during our IPC banquet weekend…
April 5, 2019 by
By Melissa Davlin, IPC Vice President
In addition to this year's Idaho Press Club Best of 2018
Awards Banquet, the Idaho Press Club is proud to offer two days of training.
Plan to attend one or both. These training sessions are free to attend,
regardless of press club membership, but you do need to register
in advance.
Covering the Courts: On Saturday, April 27th, from 8:30 to 3:30,
we're partnering with Attorneys for Civic Education, the Idaho Supreme Court
and the … [Read more...]
Meet your IPC
April 5, 2019 by
Brian Neudorff, Chief Meteorologist at KMVT
Interviewed by Rhonda Prast
Brian Neudorff has been the Chief Meteorologist at KMVT, a CBS affiliate in Twin Falls, since 2011. He joined the Idaho Press Club board in 2018. He graduated from Purdue University with a Meteorology degree and his first TV job was in Bismarck, North Dakota, at KFYR-TV in 2001.
What started your interest in meteorology?
I've always loved weather and the earth sciences - from geology to astronomy and meteorology. For … [Read more...]