Thursday, December 8, 2011
6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Nye’s Polonaise Room
112 East Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN
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Connect at November Member Month Events
Sign up today to attend our Nov. 22 and Nov. 29 events! Innovative Mapping Strategies and Series Eats are part of MNSPJ’s November Member Month events. Anyone who joins Minnesota SPJ or renews their SPJ membership in the month of November will receive special rewards, including free books from local authors, complimentary magazine subscriptions, and more.
November is SPJ Member Month!
Interested in joining SPJ or renewing your lapsed membership? November is the time! MN SPJ Member Month kicks off on Nov. 1 with a happy hour at Joe’s Garage. Join current and potential members for an evening of socializing, networking, good food and cocktails!
The 2nd Annual Media Buzz Social will be held at Joe’s Garage, 1610 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, Tues., Nov. 1, 7-9 p.m. SPJ will provide a selection of appetizers and snacks; cash bar.
During Member Month, new members, and renewing lapsed members will gain access to special member rewards for signing on during member month including: free books from local authors, complimentary magazine subscriptions, free access to future SPJ events…and more!
Also, stay tuned for the details on two first time-ever Member Month events about crowd-sourcing and using open-source GIS tools and food journalism and blogging in the Twin Cities.
We’ve recently been named by the national SPJ as one of three top large chapters in the country in 2011. Thanks to our members past and present for making it such a great year.
Event: Private Screening of ‘Page One: Inside the New York Times’
The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists invites you to attend a private screening of:
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Andrew Rossi’s riveting documentary inside America’s best-known newspaper.
Date: Thursday, October 6
Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. | screening starts at 7:00 p.m.
Location: St. Anthony Main Theater, Minneapolis
Cost: SPJ members and students $3 | Non-members $7
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MN SPJ ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 28
What: MN SPJ’s 2011 Annual Meeting
Where: Brit’s Pub, Minneapolis
When: Tuesday, June 28th at 7:00 p.m.
Please join MN SPJ as the election committee counts ballots for the election of 2011-2012 officers and directors. Chapter members present will also be asked to vote on changes to the bylaws, to go into effect on July 1, 2011. New officers and directors will be announced at this meeting, and we will welcome incoming President Alyssa Ford into office.
If you have any business to add to the agenda, please contact Chapter President, Sarah Bauer by phone (612-278-0250) or email (sarah.e.bauer(at)gmail(dot)com). You may also send any questions to MN SPJ (minnesota.spj@gmail.com).
Twin Cities photographer, FOI champion are among the top honorees at 2011 Page One Awards from Minnesota SPJ
For Immediate Release
June 8,2011
St. Paul Pioneer Press photographer Ben Garvin’s arresting photos of a shelter for down-and-out alcoholics helped propel him to be honored as the Journalist of the Year by the Minnesota Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The honor is among the new Page One Awards this year. Other top honors go to Pioneer Press reporters for the Story of the Year, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s John Vomhof, Jr. for Young Journalist of the Year, and City Pages‘ Nick Pinto for Best Use of Public Records. The chapter bestowed more than 170 awards overall, recognizing the best in Minnesota journalism during 2010.
Minnesota SPJ also honored long-time First Amendment and public access champion Jane Kirtley with the 2011 Peter S. Popovich Award for Freedom of Information. Kirtley is director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law. She is an outspoken advocate for the public’s right to access government to hold elected and administrative officials accountable. She pushes for openness and transparency in the United States and abroad. She recently returned from Azerbaijan where she advocated for American First Amendment-style reforms for the struggling government.
“There isn’t one single event or action that we as a board could point to in nominating Jane for this award, but rather her impressive body of work, throughout her career, is worthy of notice,” said Minnesota SPJ President Sarah Bauer at Tuesday evening’s award banquet.
Governor Mark Dayton was the keynote speaker at the annual Page One Banquet, where the winners were announced. Dayton spoke about the need to protect Minnesota’s education system, his frustration with what he portrays as inflexible freshmen Republican legislators, and his surprise at the media interest in his dog, Wanamingo.
About the Page One Awards
The Minnesota Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists honors the best in journalism each year with the Page One Awards. The entries are all shipped to different cities for judging to avoid conflict of interest. The 2011 awards entries were judged in Seattle, Detroit and Connecticut.
