MNSPJ announces winners of inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is excited to announce A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert, Gary Knox and Kelly Dietz of KARE-TV as first-place winners of the inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota for the team’s “Recovery Inc.” series. The A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota, sponsored by the A-Mark Foundation, recognizes outstanding investigative journalism in our state…

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MNSPJ 2025 Page One Awards Winners

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners of its annual Page One journalism awards June 26 at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis. Below is a full list of the honorees. Click here to read about the winners of the inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota. Special awards: 5A. Journalist of the Year: J. Patrick Coolican of…

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MNSPJ accepts unrestricted $2,000 college scholarship applications through May 10

Attention college journalists: The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists (MNSPJ) is now accepting applications for its 2025 student scholarship. This year, MNSPJ will award one $2,000 scholarship to a student pursuing a career in broadcast, print, online or visual journalism. These are unrestricted funds and can be used as students see fit toward academic or professional pursuits. Last year’s scholarship winner was Kenzie…

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2025 Page One Awards contest now accepting entries

MNSPJ Page One Awards Contest opens January 15th, features new cash prize for investigative reporting UPDATE! Deadline for entries has been extended to Tuesday, March 4th! The 2025 Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists Page One Awards contest opens on Wednesday, January 15th.  The Page One Awards highlight the best work in journalism from around the state of Minnesota, honoring the…

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MNSPJ introduces The A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota

UPDATE! Deadline for entries has been extended to Tuesday, March 4th! The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists is announcing the 2025 A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota.  This new award seeks to recognize outstanding investigative journalism in our state with $15,000 in prize money for journalists and their newsrooms.  The cash prizes, sponsored by the A-Mark Foundation, will be…

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2025 Silha Spring Ethics Forum: “High Value Lies: Ethics and Undercover Investigations in the Contemporary News Environment”

This year’s Silha Spring Ethics Forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, at Coffman Memorial Union Theater on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. The forum features Alan Chen, the Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, co-author of Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations in the Twenty-First Century…

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Join the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists for our annual winter mixer!

Come to Lake Monster Brewing on Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. to mingle with fellow journalists and learn about the new A-Mark investigative journalism prize and the Page One Awards. One free drink ticket will be provided. Food will be available to order from OG Zaza through Lake Monster. Please RSVP by Monday, Feb. 3. Register here for the…

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Recap: MNSPJ hosts another successful Intern Night

At least 50 people attended MNSPJ’s 2024 Intern Night on the evening of Oct. 22 in the USB Forum at Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul. Panelists included representatives and hiring managers from different media organizations. Talia McWright, who was recently hired as a full-time reporter with the Pioneer Press, gave her perspective as a recent intern at several different…

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