Society of Professional Journalists Student Chapter at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Business reporting meeting

Join SPJ for it’s last official meeting of the semester the day before Thanksgiving. Reporting on buisiness topics is somewhat different than reporting general news. With the struggling economy, find out from two people in the field who know a lot about this topic:

- Eric Wieffering
Business Editor, Star Tribune

- Mark Reilly
Managing Editor, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal

Hope to see you there!

November’s Newsletter is here!

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Campaign coverage meeting

Join SPJ this Wednesday from 10-11 to discuss the historic outcomes of this past election. With the Senate recount, the new President and high voter turnout, how did the media cover it without turning people off?

Panelists include:

Eric Black from Minnpost

Maria Douglas Reeve team leader of the politics section for the Pioneer Press

Mike Mulcahy from Minnesota Public Radio

Should be a very interesting meeting!

NOTE ROOM CHANGE: AMUNDSON HALL 116 (ACROSS THE STREET FROM MURPHY)

T-SHIRTS ARE HERE!!!

The new SPJ T-shirts have arrived! They are short-sleeved, maroon with gold lettering and look very nice! The front of the shirt has the SPJ logo, just like the one on the homepage of this website and on the back has this slogan:

UMN SPJ:

The next generation of journalists

Minneapolis, MN

The shirts will be available for sale during the meetings or if you want one and can’t make it to the meetings, you can send an e-mail to umn.spj@gmail.com. We will also try to sell them on campus at different times.

Get yours today because there’s a limited supply!

Get your SPJ T-Shirts!

SPJ is in the process of ordering t-shirts that will be sold throughout the year. The t-shirts will be short-sleeve, maroon in color, with the SPJ logo on the front. On the back will be this slogan in gold lettering:

UMN SPJ: The next generation of journalists

If interested in buying a shirt, the price and date of arrival will be posted on this website.

New (sorta) Website

After a short hiatus, the Website is back up and better than ever! Be sure to check back for more updates!

SPJ Alumni meeting

Join us Nov. 19 to talk with former U of M SPJ members who’ve gone on to bigger things.

DIVERSITY IN THE NEWSROOM

Monday Oct. 22

11 a.m. to noon

Featuring Star Tribune writers Maria Baca and Gail Rosenblum

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Issue 2 of The Wire spjIssue2.pdf

Issue 3 of The Wire spjissue3.pdf