Minnesota SPJ

VIDEO: Tom Brokaw speaks at MN SPJ’s Page One banquet

Posted on 15. May, 2009 by jeff.achen.

Watch video of Tom Brokaw’s address before Minnesota Professional Journalists May 14, 2009.

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VIDEO: Town Hall Meeting – Fever Pitch (part 1 of 3)

Posted on 03. May, 2009 by jeff.achen.

This part includes the introduction and featured speaker Gary Schwitzer, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication and publisher, HealthNewsReview.org.

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VIDEO: Town Hall Meeting – Fever Pitch (part 2 of 3)

Posted on 03. May, 2009 by jeff.achen.

In this part, panelists discuss health news reporting.

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VIDEO: Town Hall Meeting – Fever Pitch (Part 3 of 3)

Posted on 03. May, 2009 by jeff.achen.

This part includes questions from the audience, which followed the panel discussion.

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VIDEO: News coverage of the Somali community (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by jeff.achen.

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.

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VIDEO: News coverage of the Somali community (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by jeff.achen.

Watch part 2 of the “News coverage of the Somali community” panel discussion.

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