Where: Minneapolis Central Library
Room: Pohlad Hall
When: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m.

The Twin Cities are consistently ranked one of the most literate places in the country. Executive directors from Graywolf Press, Coffee House Press, Milkweed Editions and The Loft Literary Center will discuss why so many nationally-recognized literary organizations have thrived here, tell tales of the literary life, and share their vision of what readers and writers can expect in the days ahead.

Presented in partnership with the Loft Literary Center, Coffee House Press, Milkweed Editions and Graywolf Press. Co-presented by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.

Best-selling author, and host of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor will discuss his new book, A Christmas Blizzard, on Wednesday, December 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.

A Christmas Blizzard is vintage Keillor, a wry, witty look at a contemporary Scrooge that is sure to please. Follow the journey of James and Joyce Sparrow as they struggle with each other, Christmas in general, and their life circumstances. Everything changes when James finds himself snowed-in in a fishing shack during a blizzard where he meets a wolf, the Big Hair Lady, and a Chinese wise man, each attempting to teach him the great mystery of life.

Keillor will sign copies of his book following the discussion.

This event is free and open to the public. Reserved seating and priority signing placement is available for the first 100 customers who purchase A Christmas Blizzard from the University of Minnesota Bookstore or its web site.

Photos and video are now available online from the September 29 forum, The Comment Conundrum.

CLICK HERE to view photos on Flickr

CLICK HERE to view video from the event.

All photos by Scott Theisen for MNC/MNSPJ.
Video by Jeff Achen for MNC/MNSPJ.

He blogs! He Tweets! He can leap the gap between new and legacy media in a single bound. Jason DeRusha of WCCO-TV will be the featured guest at this month’s Brown Bag Lunch with a Journalist, at noon on Wednesday, July 22 at the East Lake Public Library, 2727 E. Lake St., Minneapolis.

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Join industry leaders in a discussion about the economics of the news industry in this one-day conference! Speakers and panelists will discuss the mission of newspapers, new ways to structure the newspaper business, new revenue models and many other topics.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
McNamara Alumni Center
University of Minnesota – East Bank
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Veteran Star Tribune reporter Steve Brandt will  be the featured guest at the next Brown Bag Lunch with A Journalist, at noon Wednesday, May 27 at the East Lake Public Library. Steve is one of the Twin Cities most respected journalists. Steve currently covers Minneapolis City Hall and city issues; his previous beat assignments have included Minneapolis schools and neighborhoods.

Watch video and view photos from the News Council’s public forum event on February 12.   A panel of local journalists and Somali community leaders sat down to discuss challenges to covering the immigrant community and the differing roles of the mainstream media and the ethnic news media in covering the Somali community, and how to improve overall coverage.

VIDEO: News Coverage of the Somali Community (Part 1 of 2)

VIDEO: News Coverage of the Somali Community (Part 2 of 2)

PHOTOS: Event photos

Panelists included:

• Moderator – Wendy Wyatt, University of St. Thomas
• Julia Opoti, Editor — Mshale
• Duchesne Drew, Managing Editor for Operations — Star Tribune
• Ruben Rosario, Columnist (Crime, Justice & Public Safety) — Pioneer Press
• Laura Yuen, Reporter – Minnesota Public Radio
• Esme Murphy, Reporter/Anchor — WCCO-TV
• Mohamed Hassan, President – Somali Institute for Peace and Justice
• Sahra Noor, Director, Language Services and Community Health – Fairview/University of MN Medical Center
• Hassan Mohamud, Attorney/Professor, William Mitchell College of Law
• Dr. Abdirahman D Mohamed, Chief of Staff — AXIS Medical Center
• Hussein Samatar, Executive Director – African Development Center

Presented by the Minnesota News Council, with co-sponsors, The Minnesota Journalism Center and MN Society of Professional Journalists.

The Poynter Institute is partnering with Journalism That Matters (JTM) for a three-day conversation and work session designed to define the new jobs, skills and relationships that will sustain a 21st-century news gathering organization.

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Minnesota Public Radio News and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits are partnering on two nonpartisan events during the week before the 2008 election. Chris Roberts of MPR News will host an informative and entertaining evening for people who are new to the election process Tuesday, October 28. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The program will take place between 7-8 p.m. at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building in St. Paul.

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The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law will feature Rosemary Harold, Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, at its fall forum Thursday, October 23.

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