2017 PAGE ONE AWARDS: CONTEST GUIDELINES

GENERAL GUIDELINES The fee is $22 per entry. Entries must be submitted no later than Friday, February 24, 2017. All work published or broadcast during the 2016 calendar year is eligible. Journalists (including freelancers and contract employees) working for all print, broadcast and online news outlets in Minnesota (or news outlets in neighboring states that cover Minnesota) are eligible to…

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2017 PAGE ONE AWARDS: CONTEST CATEGORIES

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

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Tell us your story: Dave Aeikens

The Minnesota pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists salutes former journalists who have moved on to new adventures.  In this ongoing series, we invite newsies to reflect on their time in the news business.  Our third entry is from Dave Aeikens, who worked in Minnesota newsrooms for more than two decades: What I miss the most: The uncertainty and surprises…

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‘In the Dark’ panel discussion slated for Tuesday at Murphy Hall

Reporters Madeleine Baran and Samara Freemark of APM Reports spent a year investigating the case of Jacob Wetterling, the 11-year-old St. Joseph, Minn., boy who was kidnapped in 1989 and whose disappearance remained unsolved for 27 years.  The culmination of their work, “In the Dark,” was named as one of the Top 10 podcasts of the year by the New…

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Tell us your story: Emily Gurnon

The Minnesota pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists salutes former journalists who have moved on to new adventures.  In this ongoing series, we invite newsies to reflect on their time in the news business.  Our second entry is from Emily Gurnon, who worked as a newspaper reporter for two decades: After 20 years working as a newspaper reporter, I left my…

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Tell us your story: Former newsies reflect on their time in journalism

The Minnesota pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists salutes former journalists who have moved on to new adventures.  In this ongoing series, we invite newsies to reflect on their time in the news business.  Here is the first entry, from John Welsh, who spent two decades in the trade: Here’s what I miss most: the non-fatal fire.  In 20-plus years of…

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December Sampler: Bemidji Pioneer reports from Standing Rock

The Bemidji Pioneer recently sent reporter Grace Pastoor to the anti-pipeline demonstrations at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.  The protests drew a handful of residents from Bemidji, the deep-woods northern Minnesota city with a significant indigenous population and a history of environmental activism. The story, this month’s Minnesota Sampler, can be read here.

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Murphy Hall panel to discuss state Data Practices Act

Join the Society of Professional Journalists for a public forum on the Minnesota Data Practices Act. The forum, which will be held Dec. 8 at at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, will include a panel of journalists and state administrators who will share their thoughts about collecting public data and interacting with public officials.…

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Pulitzer winners debate trust in media at packed MNSPJ event

A panel of Minnesota’s Pulitzer Prize winners weighed the public’s declining trust in media at a packed event Thursday night. The reception and panel, hosted by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, drew about 200 people to the Guthrie Theater to honor the 100th anniversary of the prizes and hear how its winners think journalism might rebuild…

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