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Get Involved! Freelance & Digital Communities

Nominations are open for officer positions on the SPJ Digital and SPJ Freelance communities for 2015. This is an exciting opportunity if you are interested in help setting the vision for these two important communities!You must be a member of…

Nominations open for SPJ’s national awards

Sigma Delta Chi Awards: The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are among the premiere prizes in the profession and recognize achievement in all forms of journalism. Entries due Feb. 6, 2015. Mark of Excellence Awards: The Mark of Excellence Awards honors the…

What Can We Learn from Pointergate?

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.…

A Lesson in School Data

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…

Can You Beat Your Fellow Journalists at Shuffleboard?

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…

Hot off the presses: Get your new code!

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…

Silha Lecture: Oct. 6

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…