Minnesota SPJ

Freelance Love: A Freelancer-Editor Speed Dating Event (EVENT SOLD OUT)

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by sarah.bauer.

Here’s your chance to meet with editors from many top Minnesota-based media outlets…all in the same room! With your ticket, you get five minutes of guaranteed face time with assigning editors from:

-Artful Living Magazine
-BringMeTheNews
-Experience Life Magazine
-Finance & Commerce Media Group
-Internet Broadcasting
-KFAI Radio
-Metromix
-Metro Magazine
-Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
-Minnesota Business Magazine
-Minnesota Good Age
-Minnesota Lawyer
-Minnesota Magazine
-Minnesota Monthly
-Minnesota Parent
-Momentum Magazine
-Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
-Pioneer Press
-Star Tribune
-TwinCities.com
-Twin Cities Business Magazine
-Twin Cities Daily Planet
-And more!

Social Hour: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., with light appetizers and a cash bar
Speed Dating begins promptly at 7:00 p.m.

All events in the main ballroom at the:
Park Plaza Hotel in Bloomington
4460 W 78th Street Circle
Bloomington MN 55435
Map and Directions

Tickets are SOLD OUT for the event as of March 10th.

Would you like to find freelancers at this event?
If you’re an assigning editor who would like to participate in this event; please email minnesota.spj@gmail.com. We’ll get you set up to “speed date” with interested freelancers!

Questions? Email us! minnesota.spj@gmail.com.

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Annual SPJ Holiday Party

Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by scott.theisen.

You’re invited to join SPJ colleagues and friends at the annual Minnesota SPJ holiday party.
When: Dec. 18 | 7 p.m. to Midnight
Where: 3445 First Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408 (map)

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Event: The Comment Conundrum

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

What are news outlets doing to ensure civil discourse on their sites? What happens when inappropriate content is posted on comment sites? What are the legal ramifications for news outlets? For the commenters? What draws readers to comment on stories? Which sites have the best and worst commenters?

Come discuss journalism’s comment conundrum.

Watch the livestream on our video page. (Begins at 7 p.m. CST)

When: Tuesday, Sept. 29 | 7-9 p.m.

Location: 3M Auditorium | Owens Science Hall | University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Campus

Parking: Anderson Parking Facility (ramp) located near the intersection of Cretin Avenue and Grand Avenue. Rates are $1 per hour. Visitors can swipe a credit card when they enter and exit or get a ticket and pay at the pay station with cash or a credit card.

Cost: This event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, the Minnesota News Council and the Department of Communication and Journalism, University of St. Thomas.

Panelists include:

David Brauer, MinnPost.com (Moderator)

Mike Knaak, Assistant Managing Editor – St. Cloud Times

Terry Sauer, Assistant Managing Editor/Digital – Star Tribune

Leita Walker, Associate – Faegre & Benson

Also, local reporters whose stories are often the target of comments that range from helpful and constructive to angry and libelous will share their experiences during the discussion.

Selected reading list:

Newspapers take renewed aim at the comment cesspool – MinnPost.com

Racism, Attacks Lead News Sites to Disable Story Comments – Poynter

When Comments Cross the Line – Poynter

Wheat from comment chaff? The visual comment map – MinnPost.com

Delay in Removing An Insulting Comment – Washington Post
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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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Page One Attendee Info

Posted on 12. May, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday evening for the 2009 Page One Awards Banquet. Here is some important information for attendees. If you have any questions, please respond to this email or call Sarah Bauer at 612-341-9357.

PARKING
There is a limited amount of parking directly in front of the Profile Event Center. FREE parking is available in a lot across the street from the facility. The entrance to the lot is on 27th Ave. SE – kitty corner from the event center. This lot is next to the “Northstar Professional Center” at will be marked with a sign and balloons the day of the event. Please refer to the this map.

SILENT AUCTION
For the first time, we will be holding a silent auction, during the reception hour, to benefit our student scholarship fund. Each year we give away at least two student scholarships. Make sure to arrive early to bid on some fantastic items including GREAT Twins tickets, free Caribou Coffee for a year, theater tickets and style and design consultations with your favorite Twin Cities-based expert …(to name a few)!

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

TIME
Reception – 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Dinner – 7:00 p.m.

EVENT BROADCAST
If you cannot attend Thursday evening’s banquet, you can watch the program online. Go to www.theuptake.org to watch live streaming video of the event.

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Page One Registration is Closed

Posted on 07. May, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

Thanks to all who registered for the 2009 Page One Banquet.
We’ll see you on Thursday, May 14th.

INFO FOR ATTENDEES

What: 2009 Page One Banquet featuring news legend Tom Brokaw
Awards presented by Jason DeRusha & Liz Collin of WCCO-TV

When: Thursday, May 14
Reception: 6 – 7 p.m.
Dinner: 7 p.m.

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

The event will also feature a silent auction during the reception hour.
All proceeds will help fund student scholarships (we give away two each year)! We’ve got some fantastic items, including GREAT Twins tickets, free coffee for a year from Caribou Coffee, and books from local journalist-authors (just to name a few)!

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

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