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…
The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce our annual Intern Night program for Wednesday, October 29th at WCCO-TV in Downtown Minneapolis. This program is designed for college students and is a great opportunity to learn about applying for internships, meet internship recruiters and managers, and get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to intern in one…
Minnesota SPJ members are friends are invited to the 2014 Silha Lecture! October 6, 2014 7:00 pm Cowles Auditorium University of Minnesota West Bank, Twin Cities Campus “See No Evil: Why We Need A New Approach to Government Transparency” Featuring David A. Schulz Partner, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP Co-Director of the Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic at Yale…
Check out AAJA-MN’s Trivia Bowl on October 16. $100 for teams of 5. All proceeds benefit AAJA-MN’s scholarship, grant and internship program. If you’d like to join “Team MN SPJ” email us! More information and register your team today!
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…
The Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is holding its 2014 Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 26. Members and anyone interested in the chapter’s work are welcome to attend. Included in the meeting will be an update on the chapter’s activities, leadership and finances as well as the announcement of the results of the 2014 Board of…