Stanley Hubbard Pointergate Response The Society of Professional Journalists – Minnesota Pro Chapter, along with the Twin Cities chapters of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Asian American Journalists Association, as well as the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law and the Minnesota Journalism Center, will host a panel discussion on the recent Pointergate…

Event planned to bring the community together to discuss the story. The Minnesota Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is deeply concerned about the story that aired on KSTP-TV on Nov. 7, 2014 alleging that Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges appeared recently in a photo flashing a gang sign. The Twin Cities chapters of the National Association of Black…

The Minnesota Pro Chapter’s board — along with the Twin Cities chapters of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Asian American Journalists Association — recently released a statement expressing concern over KSTP’s “Pointergate” story. Read the full statement. Read Hubbard Broadcasting CEO Stanley Hubbard’s response. We don’t just want to do a statement, though, because we realize that…

Tuesday, October 21 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Rondo Public Library Register online now! Minnesota SPJ  is pleased to co-present a panel discussion on accessing Minnesota education information featuring journalists, FOI experts and representatives from schools. What information about students and teachers is public? How do you ask for public data from school districts? What can you do with data…

Twin Cities journalists–SPJ members and nonmembers alike–are invited to compete in some shuffleboard and simply have an all around good time at Sisyphus Brewing, near Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis. A Sisyphus co-owner says there even will be an ever-so-modest prize for our shuffleboard winner. When: 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 Where: Sisyphus Brewing, 712 Ontario Ave W,…

If you haven’t already heard, the Society of Professional Journalists passed a new Code of Ethics for the first time since 1996 on Sept. 6 at Excellence in Journalism 2014. To celebrate updating the code, and to spread the practice of using ethics in everyday journalistic work, SPJ wants its members to have a copy of the new code. Here are the three ways you…