Society of Professional Journalists, SCSU Chapter SCSU-SPJ – Government transparency and news media scrutiny collide in the new world of media information. “Have the Watchdogs Lost Their Bark?” pushes the envelope as the central theme of the SCSU First Amendment…
The twelve members of a Minneapolis jury this month declared that a person should not be allowed to publish something–true or otherwise–that might cost someone else his job. The Minnesota Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists strongly disagrees…
Join MN SPJ, Asian American Journalists Association Minnesota Chapter (AAJA-MN) and Twin Cities Black Journalists (TCBJ) for an evening of fun following Day 1 of the Midwest Journalism Conference. Unwind after a long day of conference sessions: meet, mingle and…
The University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the College of Design are partnering with AIGA, the professional association for design, to host the second annual See Change: The Power of Visual Communication conference on Thursday, May…
“The Morality of Muckraking: Journalistic Ethics from Jack Anderson to Julian Assange” A Lecture and Book Signing featuring Professor Mark Feldstein, author of Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington’s Scandal Culture Monday, April 4…
The University of Minnesota’s hiring of Eric Kaler as president appears to be a positive step for the institution’s governance. Unfortunately, the fact he is being introduced to the public only after a closed door process designed to circumvent state…
Date: Monday, July 26 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Sweeney’s Saloon 96 North Dale Street, St. Paul, MN 55402 All chapter members are invited to attend the 2010 Annual Meeting, Monday July 26. At this meeting ballots cast in the 2010…
Austin Daily Herald Reporter Mike Rose attended SPJ’s Reporter’s Institute May 23-26 at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersberg, FL. Rose wrote a short overview of the program for SPJ’s First Draft blog. We’re sharing his thoughts here as well. …
Watch video of David Simon’s address before Minnesota Professional Journalists May 21, 2010.
Please note: full list of 2010 Page One Award winners can be found at the bottom of this post. Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists presents the 2010 Peter S. Popovich Award to Randy Furst St. Paul, Minn. (May 21, 2010)…