Category News

2020 Page One Awards in Radio Journalism

  MNSPJ congratulates all the winners recognized Tuesday night at the annual Page One Awards!  Here’s a list of winners for excellence in radio journalism.   4A. Spot/Breaking News [Radio] First Place Tim Nelson MPR News Missing teen Jayme Closs emerged…

2020 Page One Awards in Online Journalism

  MNSPJ congratulates all the winners recognized Tuesday night at the annual Page One Awards!  Here’s a list of winners for excellence in online journalism.   5A. Best Website [Online] First Place Staff    MPR News mprnews.org In a field with several…

2020 Page One Awards in Photography

  MNSPJ congratulates all the winners recognized Tuesday night at the annual Page One Awards!  Here’s a list of winners for excellence in photography.   6A. Best News Photography First Place Evan Frost MPR News Collection of work Photos one and…

Tune into Page One Awards tonight!

Virtual Page One Awards — Tonight! Please join us tonight, Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. when the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists recognizes finalists at the first-ever online presentation of the Page One Awards. The host for this year’s event…

MNSPJ denounces police treatment of journalists

In the last week, journalists  have been arrested  while doing their jobs. They have been  held at gunpoint,  shot with rubber bullets and  blinded by tear gas. Over and over again, they have identified themselves as journalists and been ignored,  told…

MNSPJ and TCBJ condemn arrest of CNN news team

The Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Twin Cities Black Journalists, the local chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, condemn the arrest of Omar Jimenez and the CNN reporting team by State Patrol troopers…