The results of the 2009 Minnesota Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists board of directors election are as follows:
President – Scott Theisen
President-Elect – Sarah Bauer
Treasurer – Amanda Theisen
Secretary – Jeff Achen
Board member – Joan Gilbertson
Board member – Karen Lundegaard
Board member – Sarah McKenzie
Board member – Justin Piehowski
Congratulations to the new Minnesota Pro Chapter leadership!
Watch video of Tom Brokaw’s address before Minnesota Professional Journalists May 14, 2009.
This part includes the introduction and featured speaker Gary Schwitzer, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication and publisher, HealthNewsReview.org.
In this part, panelists discuss health news reporting.
This part includes questions from the audience, which followed the panel discussion.
Watch video of a panel of local journalists and Somali community leaders discussing challenges to covering an immigrant community and the differing roles of the mainstream media and the ethnic news media in covering the Somali community. Panelists included:
• Moderator – Wendy Wyatt, University of St. Thomas
• Julia Opoti, Editor — Mshale
• Duchesne Drew, Managing Editor for Operations — Star Tribune
• Ruben Rosario, Columnist (Crime, Justice & Public Safety) — Pioneer Press
• Laura Yuen, Reporter – Minnesota Public Radio
• Esme Murphy, Reporter/Anchor — WCCO-TV
• Mohamed Hassan, President – Somali Institute for Peace and Justice
• Sahra Noor, Director, Language Services and Community Health – Fairview/University of Minnesota Medical Center
• Hassan Mohamud, Attorney/Professor, William Mitchell College of Law
• Dr. Abdirahman D Mohamed, Chief of Staff — AXIS Medical Center
• Hussein Samatar, Executive Director – African Development Center
Presented by the Minnesota News Council, with co-sponsors, The Minnesota Journalism Center and MN Society of Professional Journalists.
