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The Minnesota Journalism Center was established in 1979 through a gift to the University of Minnesota from the late John Cowles, Sr., chairman of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, and his wife, the late Elizabeth Bates Cowles. The center's purpose is to improve the practice of journalism, promote interaction between media professionals and the academy, and serve as the outreach arm of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
MJC Hosts First in Conversation Series
On April 10, 2012, The Minnesota Journalism hosts the first in a series of conversations for journalists. Interviewing: A Conversation Among Crafts discusses interviewing techniques across professions. The conversation features an oral historian, a social security fraud investigator, a labor law specialists and an executive headhunter. Space is limited to 25. To RSVP to this free event, click here.
Finalists for 2011 Premack Awards Announced
The finalists of the 2011 Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards have been announced. New this year, only finalists, not winners, are being announced, plus a category for broadcast public affairs was added.
The winners will be announced at the Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards Program, held Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 5 p.m. at McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota-East Bank campus. The awards program celebrates the winning work and will feature a keynote by PolitiFact founder Matt Waite. The event is free and open to the public.
To read the finalists' entries, vote for your favorite or comment on the stories, visit the Premack Award website.
35th Annual Premack Awards to Feature PolitiFact Founder Matt Waite
MINNEAPOLIS—The Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards is pleased to announce that PolitiFact developer Matt Waite will speak at the 35th annual awards ceremony on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 5 p.m. at McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota East Bank Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Waite is the principle developer of PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, data-driven website that fact checks what politicians and public figures say (politifact.com). Waite is also co-founder of Hot Type Consulting LLC, a company that specializes in web development for media companies, and was the news technologist for the St. Petersburg Times and TampaBay.com.
The Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards will be presented to five winners total in the following categories: Public Affairs Reporting–Print/Online (one award each for large and small organizations), Public Affairs Reporting–Broadcast/Online and Opinion Writing (one award each for large and small organizations). The finalists for the awards will be announced on March 3, 2012 and the winning entry among the three announced finalists will be revealed at the awards ceremony.
For more information, visit the website.
See Change: The Power of Visual Communication Early Bird Ticket Registration Now Open
MINNEAPOLIS—The annual conference features a day of inspiration and remarkable work from across the visual spectrum. Held May 15-16, 2012, See Change will feature advertising and communications guru George Lois as its keynote speaker on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Other confirmed speakers include Joe Duffy, Tim Mantoani, Wesley Grubbs and Mark Wheat.
An Early Bird Rate of $75 is now open. Regular admission becomes $99 for members, $149 for non-members on Feb. 24, 2012. Admission for students is $25. Click here to register.
For more information about See Change, click here.
More than 250 creatives attended our first See Change conference, an annual gathering for communication professionals across the visual spectrum. The 2011 conference will be held May 19 and 20 at Coffman Union on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus. To register or get more information, log onto http://www.seechangeconference.org/
Healthcare Communications Series
Powerpoint presentations from the Healthcare Communications Series Social Media session, held June 24, are available for download.
