Minnesota SPJ

LOCATION CHANGE: Tonight’s Town Hall Forum Has Moved!

Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

Due to a security threat at the Carlson School/Humphrey Institute, the buildings are being closed this afternoon and evening.

Accordingly the Town Hall/Ethics Forum will take place in Murphy Hall (the journalism building), 206 Church Street, SE, room 130 (the lecture hall).

You will find parking most convenient in the Church Street Garage or the Washington Avenue Ramp.

The event will continue as planned, but in a new location. We hope to begin around 7:00 p.m.

The security threat has nothing to do with SPJ, the Silha Center, the Minnesota News Council, or any of our panelists, according to law enforcement officials.

::If you have questions, please contact Sarah Bauer::
e: sarah.bauer@news-council.org
w: 612-341-9357
m: 651-353-2522

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Call for 2009-2010 Election Nominees

Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by scott.theisen.

Would you like to become more involved with the Minnesota Pro Chapter? Then consider running for a seat on the board of directors. The nominations committee is accepting nominations for positions on the board for terms beginning at the start of our 2009-2010 fiscal year. New terms begin July 1, 2009. The general board meets once a month and committees meet as needed between board meetings.

Please contact Scott Theisen at stheisen@me.com for more information, to nominate someone or express interest in running for a position.

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Town Hall Meeting April 30

Posted on 03. Apr, 2009 by scott.theisen.

“Fever Pitch: Does health news reporting leave consumers out in the cold?”

You are invited to join Minnesota journalists and featured speaker Gary Schwitzer for a public discussion about journalism ethics in relation to health news reporting. Gary Schwitzer is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org. A Q&A session will allow members of the public to ask questions pertaining to journalism ethics. The discussion will take place in Cowles Auditorium at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs on the University of Minnesota West Bank Campus at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30. “Fever Pitch” is part of the journalism ethics discussion series, “The Public & The Press Town Hall Meeting,” presented by the Society of Professional Journalists in 12 cities across the U.S. during the last week of April.
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