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2010 PAGE ONE CONTEST — ENTRY CATEGORIES

Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by sarah.bauer.

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2009 Page One Winners Announced

Posted on 15. May, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

Please note: You can find a full list of winners at the end of this post.

Faribault Echo Students Win Freedom of Information Award from State’s Largest Journalism Group

Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists presents its Peter S. Popovich Award to high school journalists who started online newspaper to confront principal’s censorship efforts

Professional journalists are only too aware of the constant specter of censorship. But a group of high school students learned this lesson late last year as well when they delved into a story covering sensitive information about a teacher who was under investigation and on administrative leave.

Students from the Faribault Echo persevered when school Superintendent Bob Stepaniak demanded prior review of their story. They refused to give in to his demands, worked with the city’s professional paper, the Faribault Daily News, to publish the story, then started an independent, online version of the Echo when Stepaniak later shut the print version down. For steadfastly adhering to the principles of the Freedom of the Press, these students received the Peter S. Popovich Award, which is given each year by MNSPJ to “the person or organization that exemplifies the fight for First Amendment Rights. [...]

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You’re Invited: 2009 Page One Banquet

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

The Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists cordially invites you to the

2009 Page One Awards Banquet
honoring the best in Minnesota journalism from 2008

featuring news legend
TOM BROKAW

Thursday, May 14, 2009
Reception with gratis wine & beer begins at 6 p.m.
Dinner served at 7 p.m.

Profile Event Center
2630 University Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

SPJ Members – $40
Non-members – $50

R.S.V.P. by Friday, May 1, 2009

Please click here to respond with dinner selections and payment

Contact Sarah Bauer with questions:
612-341-9357 or sarah.bauer@news-council.org

We encourage you to share the attached invite (PDF) with your colleagues.
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Please note, all contest winners will be notified independently of this invite
via phone or email as soon as all contest results have been verified.

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2009 Page One Awards: Contest Update

Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

Thank you to all of the entrants of the 2009 Page One Awards. This year, we received more than 420 entries this year in Newspaper, Magazine, Television, Radio and Online Categories.

Entries are currently being judged by partner SPJ chapters in comparable markets throughout the U.S. Contest results will be returned to MN SPJ by mid-April when results will be verified and tabulated.

Contest winners will be contacted by mail or email when all results have been returned and verified. Specific “winner” information, including award place (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) will be announced for the first time at the 2009 Page One Awards banquet.

Banquet date and location will be announced soon.

Please check back for updates!

-MN SPJ

If you have any questions, please contact:
Nicole Garrison-Sprenger ngarrisonsprenger@pioneerpress.com, office: 651-228-5580
Sarah Bauer, sarah.bauer@news-council.org, office: 612-341-9357

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PAGE ONE DEADLINE THIS WEEK!

Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

Don’t forget to submit your entry for the 2009 Page One Awards by this Wednesday, February 18th.

This year, MN SPJ is excited to announce that it has put the entry process online. Entrants can submit entries and payment at: https://newscouncil.wufoo.com/forms/2009-page-one-awards-contest-entry-form/.

Read more about the entry categories.

Please note: MN SPJ prefers that you submit a digital copy of your work along with your entry form (i.e. a link to your story online or a PDF file). You must fill out one form for each entry you wish to submit.

Please contact Sarah Bauer with any questions or concerns.
p: 612-341-9357
e: sarah.bauer@news-council.org

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Popovich Winners 1979 – 2009

Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists Freedom of Information Award winners 1979-2009

The Peter S. Popovich Award is given by the board of the Minnesota SPJ to the person or organization that exemplifies the fight for the First Amendment rights. The award is given annually at SPJ’s Page One banquet.

1979 The Minnesota Supreme Court & Chief Justice Robert Sheran
1980 Newell Grant, Publisher Tri-State Daily News, Wahpeton-ND
1981 Roger Adams, Star and Tribune Freedom of Information Committee
1982 Jeanette McDougal, Data watch of Minnesota
1983 T.J. Western; WCCO TV and Radio; St. Cloud Times
1984 Mark Baker, Editor, Lake Region Press and Lake Region Echo
1985 John R. Finnegan, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch
1986 Star and Tribune First Amendment Committee
1987 Duane Rasmussen, Forest Lake Times, ECM Post Review
1988 John Fisher, Annandale Advocate; Debra Flemming, Owatonna People’s Press
1989 The Minnesota Daily and Marshall Tanick, Attorney
1990 Peter S. Popovich, Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
1991 Patricia Hirl Longstaff
1992 Robert Franklin, FOI Director Minnesota SPJ
1993 Kevin Burke, Chief Judge, Hennepin County
1994 Mark Anfinson, Media Attorney
1995 Jim Pumarlo, Red Wing Republican Eagle
1996 The Minnesota Daily and Michelle Ames, Editor; John Stanoch, District Judge, Hennepin County
1997 Donald R. Casey, St. Cloud Times
1998 Reps. Matt Entenza and Bill Macklin; Sen. Richard Cohen
1999 Lucy Dalglish, FOI Director, Minnesota SPJ
2000 Tim McGuire, Editor, Minneapolis Star Tribune
2001 Randy Lebedoff, Minneapolis Star Tribune
2002 John Borger, Media Attorney
2003 Bill Lawrence and Mark Bartel
2004 Donald S. Gemberling, former Director, Minnesota Department of Administration, Information Analysis and Policy Division
2005 Walter Kuckes, Avon, MN
2006 Rep. Mary Liz Holberg; Sen. Don Betzold
2007 Gary Hill, former KSTP-TV journalist and current Communications
Director for the Majority Caucus with the Minnesota Senate
2008 Mary Flister, Open government advocate – Maplewood, MN; Robbie La Fleur, Director – MN Legislative Reference Library
2009 The Echo student newspaper, Faribault High School: Kelly Zwagerman, adviser; Vicky Carillo, Christen Hildebrandt and Ben Jackson, editors

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