Voices of Conscience – Spring 2009
Thursday, May 7: Eboo Patel – The Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nicollet Mall and 12th Street, downtown Minneapolis.
When:Pre-forum concert 11:30 A; program 12 noon – 1:00 P; followed by a reception and small group discussion, facilitated by News Council partner, the Minnesota International Center
Cost: Free and open to the public.  No advance registration necessary. More »

Chuck Olson is a cofounder of The UpTake, a non-profit dedicated to training and distributing the work of video-based citizen journalists – and source of some of the best news coverage of the 2008 RNC protests. The lunch will take place Wednesday, January 21 at noon at the East Lake Public Library in Minneapolis.

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On Tuesday, December 16, The Minnesota International Center will host a conversation with Tom Gitaa, president and publisher, Mshale, the African newspaper; Nghi Huynh, publisher and editor, Asian American Press; and Alisa Miller, president and CEO, Public Radio International, to explore how media consolidation is affecting the news consumption of the American public, and how this shift allows for new voices, perspectives and news media to emerge.

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The Twin Cities Media Alliance will host Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Chris Ison at this month’s Brown Bag Lunch With A Journalist, Wednesday, November 26.  The event takes place at the East Lake Library at noon. It is free and open to the public — but you do have to bring your own lunch.

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The National Press Club will host a discussion on the state of journalism in an era of media transition from a print, broadcast, online and academic perspective on Monday, November 17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m in Coffman Union Theater. National Press Club treasurer, Bloomberg News reporter and SJMC M.A. alum Alan Bjerga will moderate the discussion as panelists present their own opinions and engage in a lively exchange of ideas.

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UPDATE: The November 20th hearing has been canceled. Please stay tuned for more upcoming events.

Join us for our next ethical exercise with a panel of journalists and members of the public on November 20. All public hearings are free and open to the public, and held over the Thursday lunch hour.

More information and location TBA.

…And Get it Published

When:  Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | 7:30 p.m.
Riverview Library – St. Paul

Last year, SPJ assembled a panel of experts to talk about the book business in Minnesota: agent or not agent, self-publishing, fiction and non-fiction, the marketability of your ideas…You asked us to assemble a new panel and do it again.  More »

From his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention to his nomination for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama has challenged conventional wisdom about race, politics, media, and generation.

Participants at The Obama Effect conference will discuss the compelling issues and events that have surrounded Obama’s campaign.

All events are free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, the Minnesota Journalism Center, and the Department of African and African American Studies.

This conference was conceived of and organized by Dr. Heather Harris Carter, Stevenson University, Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, University of Maryland, B.C., and Dr. Catherine Squires.

For more information, visit the SJMC Event Web site. More »