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Posted on 04. May, 2009 by scott.theisen.

Panelists discuss journalism ethics during the SPJ Town Hall Meeting at Murphy Hall on the University of Minnesota campus Thursday, April 30, 2009. (Scott Theisen/MnSPJ)
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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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