October 6, 2008 | 7:00 p.m.

Who is a journalist? What is “responsible journalism?” How do media law and ethics intersect? Is self-regulation effective – or even possible – in the digital age?

Siobhain Butterworth, readers’ editor for The Guardian in London, will consider these and other questions when she presents the 2008 Silha Lecture, “Raise Your Hand if You’re a Journalist: Does Responsible Reporting Need a Legal Defense?” on Oct. 6, 2008, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. More »

Jeremy Iggers, executive director of the the Twin Cities Media Alliance, will discuss increasing opportunities for citizens and alternative media to produce, distribute and respond to the news in the context of the election season. The event will take place at noon on Thursday, Sept. 25 at the Weisman Art Museum. More »

Mark your calendar today to attend the National Newspaper Association’s annual convention and trade show in St. Paul, September 25-28. The NNA convention is a terrific opportunity to network with peers, to see what’s new and available to our industry at the trade show, and to attend informative seminars and round table discussions.

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The Media and Law Enforcement at the RNC — What Went Wrong, What Went Right?

Monday, September 22 | 7:00 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union Theater
University of Minnesota East Bank

Journalists who reported from the RNC as well as representatives from law enforcement, city government and media law experts will join together in a discussion moderated by Al Tompkins from The Poynter Institute.

What happened during the RNC that led to so many journalists being arrested?  And how can journalists do their jobs in the future without a similar result? More »

Volume 2: Issue 9

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Inside this issue:

- SPJ Event: Your Credentials, Please

- News Council Denies Two Complaints Against the Morrison County Record

- Silha Lecture October 6

Minnesota Public Radio presents Cokie Roberts at the Fitzgerald Theater on Tuesday, September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. Host Kerri Miller talks with Cokie Roberts about her latest book, Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation. The book is a look at the remarkable women who helped build our nation by facing challenges and becoming reformers and advocates for education, orphans and abolition. Roberts will also speak about the contemporary American political scene that she knows so well in her roles as senior news analyst for National Public Radio and as a regular roundtable analyst for ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

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Join Twin Cities Daily Planet editor Mary Turck Wednesday, September 24 from noon to 1 p.m. at the East Lake Street Public Library to ask questions about issues that came up for citizen journalists at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
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