Minnesota SPJ

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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LAST CHANCE! Registration closes at Midnight

Posted on 06. May, 2009 by sarah.bauer.

If you’d like to join MN SPJ for an evening celebrating Minnesota’s best journalism, and featuring news legend Tom Brokaw, today is your LAST CHANCE to sign up! Registration for the 2009 Page One Banquet will close at Midnight tonight.

You can RSVP by clicking here. [...]

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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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Town Hall Meeting April 30

Posted on 03. Apr, 2009 by scott.theisen.

“Fever Pitch: Does health news reporting leave consumers out in the cold?”

You are invited to join Minnesota journalists and featured speaker Gary Schwitzer for a public discussion about journalism ethics in relation to health news reporting. Gary Schwitzer is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org. A Q&A session will allow members of the public to ask questions pertaining to journalism ethics. The discussion will take place in Cowles Auditorium at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs on the University of Minnesota West Bank Campus at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30. “Fever Pitch” is part of the journalism ethics discussion series, “The Public & The Press Town Hall Meeting,” presented by the Society of Professional Journalists in 12 cities across the U.S. during the last week of April.
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