CHICAGO — Congratulations to the student SPJ chapter at Weber State University! Here at the national SPJ convention in Chicago, WSU was awarded best campus chapter for Region 9, which includes colleges in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.

Today, the Utah Media Coalition will receive the SPJ’s sunshine award for their efforts to fight an overhaul of public records laws in Utah.

National officers are being elected today.

Follow the latest news from the convention with the SPJ’s Working Press. It’s a blog/newspaper covering everything happening here in the windy city.

-Ben Winslow
President, Utah Headliners Chapter
Society of Professional Journalists