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…

At the Excellence in Journalism Convention winners were announced in various elections for leadership positions. Meet your new national board of directors and committee chairs! SPJ HAS A NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS! President: Dana Neuts President-Elect: Paul Fletcher Secretary-Treasurer: Lynn Walsh Immediate Past President: David Cuillier Vice President, Campus Chapter Affairs: Sue Kopen Katcef Directors At-Large: Bill McCloskey and J. Alex Tarquinio Campus Representatives: Jordan Gass-Poore, Texas State…

Are you still slumming your way through a college newspaper waiting for an internship opportunity to come up for next summer? Or maybe you recently graduated college and want to actually start using your journalism degree, instead of selling clothes at Gap? SPJ is here to help. Join us @spj_tweets at 2 p.m. ET on Sept. 30 for our college/post graduate #youngjournojobs Twitter chat…

Minnesota SPJ sent a “delegation” of five chapter leaders to the 2014 Excellence in Journalism Convention in Nashville, September 4-6. The convention is a combined effort by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio Television Digital News Association. We’re happy to report that Minnesota SPJ took home a Circle of Excellence Award from SPJ at the convention! We were honored…