The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is seeking candidates to serve on the board of directors for two-year terms beginning in September 2025. There are five open director seats that members will vote on, in addition to electing the board’s executive leadership team. Current directors are eligible to run for leadership positions. President-elect Becky Dernbach will step into the role…

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is excited to announce A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert, Gary Knox and Kelly Dietz of KARE-TV as first-place winners of the inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota for the team’s “Recovery Inc.” series. The A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota, sponsored by the A-Mark Foundation, recognizes outstanding investigative journalism in our state…

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners of its annual Page One journalism awards June 26 at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis. Below is a full list of the honorees. Click here to read about the winners of the inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota. Special awards: 5A. Journalist of the Year: J. Patrick Coolican of…

Please join us the evening of Thursday, June 26 to celebrate the winners of our annual Page One Awards contest. We’ll honor and celebrate the state’s best journalism with an evening of fun at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis. This year’s contest drew more than 500 entries representing every corner of the state. Each of our first place finishers will…

Twin Cities news media! The boards of the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists and ThreeSixty Journalism are proud to present recent University of St. Thomas grad Safiya Mohamed as this summer’s St. Paul Jaycees Foundation intern. Host her to cover St. Paul, and we’ll cover at least 1/2 the cost: As you may know, the Minnesota Society of Professional…

This year’s Silha Spring Ethics Forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, at Coffman Memorial Union Theater on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. The forum features Alan Chen, the Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, co-author of Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations in the Twenty-First Century…

Come to Lake Monster Brewing on Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. to mingle with fellow journalists and learn about the new A-Mark investigative journalism prize and the Page One Awards. One free drink ticket will be provided. Food will be available to order from OG Zaza through Lake Monster. Please RSVP by Monday, Feb. 3. Register here for the…