Looking for an internship at a media outlet? The 2017 Minnesota SPJ Intern Night is a great opportunity to learn about journalism internships throughout the state, network with media professionals and meet fellow journalism students. No previous internship experience is required to attend. Panelists will include media professionals and intern managers from WCCO, the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press and…
The Society of Professional Journalists has recognized the Minnesota Pro Chapter as one of eight in the nation to win the Circle of Excellence Award. The Minnesota chapter won the award for its professional development programs. The chapter presented a number of professional development events for journalists in 2016, including a program with the Star Tribune on trust in news media…
“The Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has joined a motion to intervene to review public information from files emanating from the Jacob Wetterling abduction case. MNSPJ, along with other journalism organizations, filed to be part of a larger legal discussion on what records collected in the case may be public and which will remain private. We look…
The Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will have its annual meeting 7 p.m., July 18 at The Cardinal Restaurant and Bar, 2920 E. 38th St., Minneapolis. All members are invited to attend.
Journalists from across the state were honored Thursday evening at the 2017 Minnesota SPJ Page One Awards. Laura Yuen, a reporter for MPR News, took home Journalist of the Year honors while Andy Mannix, a reporter for the Star Tribune, was named Young Journalist of the Year. The staff of the Star Tribune received the Story of the Year award for its…
As a result of First Amendment advocacy efforts by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, the Minnesota Department of Corrections has decided to allow photojournalists back into Minnesota State Prisons to take photographs and video under certain conditions. This is a significant step forward after cameras were completely banned by a policy implemented in 2015. MNSPJ leaders met with Department…
Martiga Lohn, a former newswoman for the Associated Press who works for the state Department of Human Services, wrote the following for SPJ’s ongoing Tell us Your Story series, a salute to former journalists who have moved on to new adventures. For more than 20 years, I gave journalism everything I could. But when I had a child and needed…
The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is excited to announce Tony Webster, a public records researcher and data activist, as its 2017 Peter S. Popovich Award winner. Webster’s dogged work to make government more transparent exemplifies the spirit of the award, which honors those who fight for First Amendment rights. Journalists could learn a lot — and many have —…
Minnesota SPJ members running for the 2017-18 Board of Directors have submitted the following statements. Electronic ballots will be mailed to all MNSPJ members currently in good standing with both the national organization and local chapter. Didn’t receive a ballot in your email but think you should have? Contact minnesota.spj@gmail.com Ballots must be submitted no later than noon on Friday, June…
In two photo spreads over the Memorial Day weekend, Colleen Harrison of the Albert Lea Tribune chronicled the return of the remains of Glaydon Iverson, a sailor from Minnesota who was killed more than 75 years ago in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Iverson’s remains, identified in March, were returned to Minnesota on Thursday and buried near his parents’…