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wnc wrote a new blog post: WNC Complaint Hearing Saturday, June 1 at Town Hall Seattle, Dr. Richard Wollert v. The Seattle Times

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:18 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: WNC Complaint Hearing Saturday, June 1 at Town Hall Seattle, Dr. Richard Wollert v. The Seattle Times The Washington News Council will hold a public hearing on a formal complaint against The Seattle Times from Dr. Richard Wollert, a Vancouver psychologist. The hearing will take place on June 1, 2013, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Town Hall Seattle (Downstairs) . The complaint concerns a series of stories, “Price of Protection,” that appeared in January, 2012. All complainant [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: wnc Adds New Board Members

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:02:20 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: wnc Adds New Board Members The Washington News Council added Gabriel Boehmer, Vice President of Communications for Wells Fargo Bank, to its Board. It earlier added Caren Crockett, President of Adrenaline Consulting, plus 14 other new Board members: 1. Anne Bremner – Trial Attorney & Legal Analyst 2. Shauna Causey – Decide.com Vice President 3. Todd Dean -- Partner, Angel Market [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Applications Now Closed for 2013 Dick Larsen and Herb Robinson Scholarships

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:45:20 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Applications Now Closed for 2013 Dick Larsen and Herb Robinson Scholarships Applications are now closed for the Washington News Council's two $2,000 scholarships to be awarded in 2013 to Washington state students planning careers in communications: The Dick Larsen Scholarship will go to a past graduate of a Washington high school currently enrolled in a public or private college/university in this state. The Herb Robinson Scholarship will go to [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: wnc Highlights of 2012

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:44:58 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: wnc Highlights of 2012 Our phone continues to ring and our emails continue to "ping" with citizens' questions and serious complaints about the media. 2012 was quite a year for the Washington News Council -- in fact, our most active ever! Click here to download a copy of our 2012 highlights , including: Leschi Elementary Community Stands Up to KIRO TV A Community [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Vitae Foundation v. KUOW - Video of the hearing

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:44:25 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Vitae Foundation v. KUOW - Video of the hearing On Saturday March 31st, 2012, The Washington News Council had a hearing on the Vitae Foundation v. KUOW case involving a story on Vitae's youroptions.com website. You can read about the results of the case and watch the hearing in its entirety below. Also feel free to check out some of the "press" surrounding the case. Part 1 - [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Standing Strong: Poynter highlights our future as the last News Council

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:13:12 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Standing Strong: Poynter highlights our future as the last News Council Media watchdog Craig Silverman is a stickler for accuracy. We're a big fan of his work, and are pleased to hear his interest in our nation's last remaining news council. Check out his piece on Poynter:

How the last U.S. news council hopes to survive

Craig let us review parts of the draft for factual accuracy [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Thank you Kathi Goertzen

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:34:56 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Thank you Kathi Goertzen The Washington News Council sends our deepest sympathies to the family of Kathi Goertzen, KOMO 4 anchor, and to all our friends and colleagues at the station. On Nov. 11, 2001, the WNC 'toasted and roasted' Kathi, along with Jean Enersen and Susan Hutchison, at our 3rd annual Gridiron West Dinner. The evening included a tribute [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: wnc upholds complaints from Leschi School Community and IUOE Local 609 against KIRO7 Eyewitness News

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:54:54 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: wnc upholds complaints from Leschi School Community and IUOE Local 609 against KIRO7 Eyewitness News The Washington News Council held a hearing on Saturday, June 16, from 9 am to noon at Town Hall (downstairs) to consider multiple complaints against KIRO7 Eyewitness News. After hearing detailed presentations from the complainants, the WNC's Hearings Board voted to uphold the complaints almost unanimously.

NOTE: You can watch the original KIRO story here . You can also watch a full [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: WNC Awards Three $2,000 Scholarships for 2012

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:08:41 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: WNC Awards Three $2,000 Scholarships for 2012 The Washington News Council has awarded three $2,000 scholarships to Washington state students planning careers in communications. Two Dick Larsen Scholarships , which go to a past graduate of a Washington high school currently enrolled in a public or private college/university in this state: Erin Flemming, 21, a University of Washington student and graduate of Evergreen High School . [...]

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wnc commented on the blog post wnc to hold hearing on complaints from Leschi School Community against KIRO7 Eyewitness News

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:14:00 +0000

wnc commented on the blog post wnc to hold hearing on complaints from Leschi School Community against KIRO7 Eyewitness News Hi Capn' Billy, sorry to hear you're having problems with the Dropbox. They seem to work for me, maybe try a different web browser? What happens you visit this link? -- https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jfmplb2zr6tw7wf/LV7mzGRtIi Worse case scenario we can email them to you, just write to info@wanewscouncil.org

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Flynn's Harp: News Council weighs future in new-media era

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:16:19 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Flynn's Harp: News Council weighs future in new-media era Mike Flynn, the former publisher of the Puget Sound Business journal, just wrote a piece supporting our nation's last standing news council (yours truly!). Have a look over at Flynn's Harp and consider supporting us as we keep up the fight against unfair and unethical media practices.

The challenge has been the reluctance of the media to help [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Did You GiveBIG on May 2? Then GetBEER in May!

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:10:19 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Did You GiveBIG on May 2? Then GetBEER in May! SPECIAL OFFER: If you GaveBIG! on May 2 as part of The Seattle Foundation’s campaign to help ALL non-profit organizations in our community, then you can GetBEER! any day in May (M-F, noon-6 pm) at the WNC office above the Pyramid Alehouse across from Safeco Field. The Washington News Council is offering ONE FREE BEER to [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Complaint against KUOW largely upheld at WNC hearing

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:09:22 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Complaint against KUOW largely upheld at WNC hearing

Watch the hearing video in its entirety National coverage from CPB Ombudsman Joel Kaplan National coverage by Mike Janssen of Current.org National coverage by Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times Local coverage from Mark Griswold of Sound Politics Local coverage from NW Daily Marker's Bryan Myrick Local coverage from PubliCola's Erica Barnett

The Washington News Council (WNC) held a three-hour public hearing Saturday, [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Scholarship Applications due May 1 & June 1, 2012!

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:13:01 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Scholarship Applications due May 1 & June 1, 2012! The Washington News Council is accepting applications for two $2,000 scholarships to be awarded in 2012 to Washington state students planning careers in communications: • The Dick Larsen Scholarship will go to a past graduate of a Washington high school currently enrolled in a public or private college/university in this state. NOTE: Application deadline is June [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: WNC To Hold Hearing on Vitae Foundation vs. KUOW Complaint

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:57:16 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: WNC To Hold Hearing on Vitae Foundation vs. KUOW Complaint

***UPDATE*** we now have the hearing video and full set of documents involved with the complaint as a downloadable PDF. We also have national coverage by The Washington Times and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Ombudsman . Plus local coverage in Sound Politics and the Northwest Daily Marker .

The Washington News Council's Board of Directors has set a date for a hearing [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: News Council Wins New Grants from Gates Foundation and Microsoft

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:01:21 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: News Council Wins New Grants from Gates Foundation and Microsoft The Washington News Council has just been awarded two new grants to sustain our operations in 2012: A $100,000 matching grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This is the third year of a Gates challenge grant, which the WNC matched by raising more than $100,000 from other sources in 2011. A $10,000 community activities grant from [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Finding "a flamingo in the barnyard"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:28:37 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Finding "a flamingo in the barnyard" Chris Stein of The Pacific Northwest Inlander gave The News Council a little coverage in an article about Spokane Police ombudsman Tim Burns. The article says:

When police ombudsman Tim Burns laid out his ideas for reforming the police department to a Spokane City Council committee last month, he also had a few choice words for the [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: Transpartisan Alliance Salon on the Role of Media in Society

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:56:19 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: Transpartisan Alliance Salon on the Role of Media in Society

Our president John Hamer will be speaking tonight as part of a panel hosted by the Seattle's Transpartisan Alliance. Here's the details from their Meetup page .

Monday, January 30, 2012, 6:00 PM
*John Hamer, co-founder of Washington News Council *Ethan Casey, veteran journalist, editor, and author ( http://www.ethancasey.com/) *Peggy Holman, co-founder, Journalism That Matters and author, Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity .

What does [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: How to hold TV news stations accountable - a letter from reader Bill Santagata

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:25:03 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: How to hold TV news stations accountable - a letter from reader Bill Santagata From time to time we receive correspondence from fellow news junkies outside of Washington State, and sometimes overseas as well . As the last fully operating news council , we're starting to show up in search engines for people who need answers on accountability in the news media. A fellow named Bill Santagata wrote to us asking for advice on [...]

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wnc wrote a new blog post: 13th Annual Gridiron Dinner a smashing success!

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:23:21 +0000

wnc wrote a new blog post: 13th Annual Gridiron Dinner a smashing success!

Watch it on the Seattle Channel Visit the photo album from Team Photogenic

The Washington News Council’s “Toast and Roast” of Dale Chihuly at our 13th Annual Gridiron West Dinner on December 15 at Fremont Studios was a smashing success. About 400 people enjoyed a raucous and rollicking evening of comedy, songs, videos, slideshows and affectionate “toasts” of Dale [...]

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