Check out the new online interactive history of SPJ that was recently added to SPJ.org. This cool feature allows people to explore the amazing history of SPJ in a way that is more interesting than a static list of events and presidents. The timeline is the work of Jennifer Peebles, an SPJ member in Virginia and a dedicated volunteer. She undertook the…
The 2015 Page One Banquet will celebrate the best in Minnesota journalism from 2014! We are excited to welcome keynote speaker, Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and a columnist at the New York Times. Ms. Morgenson has covered the world financial markets for the Times since May 1998 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for her “trenchant and incisive”…
Proceeds fund scholarships for journalism students. By Christopher Snowbeck The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is collecting items for our seventh annual Page One Awards Silent Auction. All the proceeds will benefit MNSPJ’s Student Scholarship fund, which helps us provide scholarships to journalism students to help pay for their education.We are looking for media outlets, businesses, restaurants, event centers, sports…
By The Associated Press David L. Pyle, a longtime bureau chief, news editor and reporter during his 33-year career with The Associated Press, has died. He was 61. Pyle, who worked for the news cooperative in five states, most of it as bureau chief in Minnesota and Wisconsin, died at his home Monday in the St. Paul suburb of Apple…
By Sarah Bauer This year, the Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists teamed up with the Minnesota Newspaper Association to celebrate Sunshine Week across the state of Minnesota. Sunshine Week 2015 was last week. An annual event, Sunshine Week calls on journalists to shed light on issues of open government and have conversations with their readers about the importance…
The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) is looking for instructors for its annual high school summer journalism workshop, July 24-26 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. This three-day event pulls in students from Minnesota and around the country to attend sessions arranged around different interest tracks. Instructors would be involved in teaching basic and intermediate skills to students in their tracks,…
The Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is seeking candidates to run for board of the directors. Volunteer board members serve a two-year term and make decisions for the state chapter. Responsibilities include monthly board meetings plus planning and organizing events and programs to support a mission of improving and protecting journalism. Eligible candidates must be an SPJ…
The Midwest Journalism Conference is fast approaching, and the conference planning group has been hard at work planning a great conference for 2015. Click here to preview the conference schedule and information. Registration information, forms and much, much more can be found on the conference site: www.midwestjournalism.com. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Crowne Plaza MSP Airport Mall of America…
Minnesota’s journalism community mourns the loss of media columnist David Carr. Before his brilliant career at The New York Times, the Minnesota native’s talent was already evident in his helming of the Twin Cities Reader. Even after his career took him to new heights, he never hesitated at the chance to support journalism back in his native state. “We perform miracles…
UPDATE: We have our first official #SunshineMN participant! St. Cloud Times: Sunshine Week 2015 is coming up and journalists around the nation will participate the week of March 15 through March 21. An annual event, Sunshine Week calls on journalists to shed light on issues of open government and have conversations with their readers about the importance of open and transparent government, whether…