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We’re kicking off our 2023 events calendar with a winter mixer on February 9. Details: 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Urban Growler in St. Paul. Registration includes one free drink ticket! Get more details and RSVP here. Thank you to our cosponsors, Twin Cities Black Journalists and Asian American Journalists of Minnesota!
Happy New Year, everyone! One of MNSPJ’s goals is to support the Twin Cities journalism community. As part of that effort, we’re launching a monthly job board featuring local opportunities in media. The Star Tribune has listings for a managing editor, an editorial cartoonist, a designer and an audience engagement producer. Fox9 is looking for a freelance news reporter. The…
Hubbard Broadcasting and 5 Eyewitness News studios hosted the 2022 Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists (MNSPJ) Intern Night on Tuesday, November 15th. The event brought together students and journalism professionals to discuss opportunities to intern in the field. Moderated by MNSPJ Board members Kirsten Swanson, a 5 Eyewitness News reporter, and Max Nesterak, deputy editor of the Minnesota Reformer, the…
MNSPJ tallied and announced 2022-23 election results for its officer and board of director positions at its Aug. 23 annual meeting. Catharine Richert was voted president-elect, while Katie Galioto was voted secretary and Max Nesterak was voted treasurer. Richert will serve a one-year term as president starting in summer 2023 once current president Brian Arola’s term ends. For board of…
The Minnesota professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (MNSPJ) will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m. at Dual Citizen Brewing Company in St. Paul. The meeting is open to all members and is mainly focused on counting ballots for board of director and officer positions. Members received ballots via email on July 11…
Members of the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists can vote between now and 6 p.m. on Aug. 12 to elect board leadership for 2022-23. Electronic ballots were distributed via e-mail. If you didn’t receive a ballot and are eligible to vote, please contact us at minnnesota.spj@gmail.com. Results will be announced at the chapter’s annual meeting, which will…
From breaking news coverage of Derek Chauvin’s conviction for murdering George Floyd to comprehensive investigations into police misconduct to in-depth reporting on COVID-19, the 2022 Page One Awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists (MNSPJ) highlighted the best of journalism during a challenging year. Our Peter S. Popovich Award, given annually to the person or organization that best exemplifies…
Please join us the evening of Thursday, June 23, to celebrate winners of our annual Page One Awards contest. We have not come together like this since June 2019! This will be a more informal ceremony than past gatherings — we’ll offer drinks and substantial appetizers rather than our usual sit-down meal with a keynote speaker. Winners will pick up…
The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is seeking candidates to serve on the board of directors for the 2022-23 year. We will elect this summer four directors as well as a president-elect, treasurer and secretary. Current president-elect Brian Arola will serve as president next year Candidate statements should be submitted by Thursday, June 9. Ballots will be distributed by Tuesday,…
A settlement agreement to prevent law enforcement from harming journalists doing their job also creates a process to review complaints alleging mistreatment by the State Patrol during the George Floyd and Daunte Wright protests. Complaints from journalists describing what happened must be submitted by October 19, 2022. Learn more about the process by going to this link for information from…