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AAJA TRIVIA BOWL

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!  

Check Out SPJ’s Newly-Elected National Leaders

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…

#YOUNGJOURNOJOBS TWITTER CHAT

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…

Highlights from #EIJ14

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…

Annual Meeting Thursday!

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…

2014 Page One Award winners announced

Minnesota Public Radio’s ongoing investigation of how the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis responded to allegations of sexually abusive priests – “Betrayed by Silence” – was named the Story of the Year at the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists’…

MN SPJ is Looking for Board Members

The Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is seeking nominations for its 2014 elections. Would you like to play an active role in the future of MN SPJ and Minnesota journalism? Consider running for the MN SPJ board of…

2014 Page One Awards: Contest Guidelines

GENERAL GUIDELINES The fee is $20 per entry. Entries must be submitted no later than Friday, February 14, 2014. All work published or broadcast during the 2013 calendar year is eligible. Journalists (including freelancers and contract employees) working for all…

2014 Page One Awards: Contest Categories

1. NEWSPAPER a. Spot News (One or more stories covering a single spot news event) b. Feature (A single feature story) c. Enterprise/In-Depth (One or more stories on a single topic or news event that reflects reporter’s ingenuity, use of sources or special…

MN SPJ Announces 2014 Page One Awards

The Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (MN SPJ) recognizes the best in Minnesota journalism each year with its annual Page One Awards. Journalists working for all print, broadcast and online news outlets in Minnesota (or news…