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. …

The Madison, Wis., SPJ chapter is co-sponsoring a reporting on religion conference March 14, 2016, in Madison. The one-day event will feature journalists and scholars who will help participants gain a deeper understanding of the role religion plays in public life and how religion is represented – or not – in the news media.  Besides SPJ, sponsors include the Lubar Institute…

Each month, SPJ plans to highlight a work of journalism from across the state in a segment we are calling Minnesota Sampler.  Below, read about the December installment and view the story: When Judge Joseph Chase recently sentenced John LaDue, the teen accused in a terror plot at Waseca Junior-Senior High School, to 10 years of probation, he linked the plan, in part,…

Time to celebrate the season with your fellow Minnesota journalists at this year’s “Off the Record” Holiday Party! Anyone who is a journalist or is a friend of journalism is welcome.  “Off the Record” Holiday Party Date: Wednesday, Dec. 9 Time: 7 p.m. Location:  Pizza Lucé, 119 N 4th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Cash bar. As usual, we supply the appetizers and…

You’re invited to a special Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists’ screening of “Spotlight” — a film about the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer-winning investigation of the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church. “We wanted to show the power of well-funded, boots-on-the-ground local journalism,” Tom McCarthy, the film’s director and co-writer, told the New York Times. When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 Where: Landmark…

More than 50 college students participated in MNSPJ’s 2015 Intern Night on Oct. 21 at the WCCO-TV headquarters in Minneapolis. Students from the University of Minnesota, the University of St. Thomas, St. Cloud State University and other schools took part in a panel discussion with representatives from several Minnesota media outlets. “I was so impressed with the student turnout and…

The 30th annual Silha lecture at the University of Minnesota is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at the Coffman Memorial Union Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public. The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law sponsors the annual event. This year’s lecture, “Clear and Present Danger: Covering National Security Issues in the Post-9/11 World”…