Minnesota Sampler

Each month, SPJ plans to highlight a work of journalism from across the state in a segment we are calling the Minnesota Sampler.  Below, read about the January installment and view the story:

The West Central Tribune, located in Willmar in the heart of Minnesota’s turkey growing sector, extensively covered last year’s avian influenza outbreak that devastated the state’s turkey flocks.  Earlier this month, reporter Tom Cherveny looked ahead to this year’s growing season.  The takeaway: despite the havoc wreaked by the outbreak, turkey growers are cautiously optimistic.

Here is Cherveny’s story, which includes a link to a sidebar: West Central Tribune