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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.
35th Annual Premack Award Call for Entries
MINNEAPOLIS—January 4, 2012. For the past 34 years, the Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Award has been honoring outstanding public affairs coverage in Minnesota media.
The Minnesota Journalism Center, which hosts the Premack Awards, asks news organizations to submit the best of their public affairs reporting for consideration in the 35th annual Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Award competition.
The competition categories include:
The winners of the Premack awards will be announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota.
More information can be found on premackaward.org.
Submit nominations here.
The Premack Awards have gained enormous stature among Minnesota journalists in the past 34 years. Their continuing value depends on being able to salute excellent work in journalism of all formats and from all regions of the state.
The deadline for entries is FEBRUARY 3, 2012. Questions can be directed to premack@umn.edu.
First Amendment Expert to Speak on Minnesota's Influence on First Amendment Law
‘They All Began Here: Minnesota’s Landmark Supreme Court Cases Then and Now’ takes an in-depth look at three U.S. Supreme Court cases that took place in Minnesota and how the issues from those cases still impact First Amendment Rights. The weeklong event is made possible with funding from the $5,000 Liberty Tree Initiative Grant.
First Amendment scholar and president of Furman University Rodney A. Smolla. will deliver the keynote speech on Monday, Nov. 14. Smolla is nationally recognized as a First Amendment scholar, teacher, advocate and writer. His lecture will focus on the important role these Minnesota cases play in First Amendment law today—particularly in the areas of hate speech, government censorship, national security and whether reporters should use confidential sources. To RSVP to the keynote, click here.
The keynote kicks off a week long event, which also features panel discussions about three specific Minnesota cases and how these each influence First Amendment rights issues today, plus two student engagement panels that allow students to explore the importance of the First Amendment.
For complete information on these First Amendment events, please visit the website.
The event was made possible by the Liberty Tree Initiative, which is the campus grant program of "1 for All," the national, nonpartisan campaign to raise awareness and understanding about the First Amendment. Click here for more information about "1 for All."
Minnesota Journalism Center Hosts Latino Media Expert
MINNEAPOLIS — Félix Gutiérrez, a nationally acclaimed expert in social media and racial diversity and Professor of Journalism and Communication at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, visits the University of Minnesota on September 22, 2011 to discuss the history of Latino media and preview the documentary “Voices for Justice.” The documentary-in-progress is being produced by Berkeley filmmaker Raymond Telles.
This talk will chronicle the issues addressed by Latino newspapers in the United States and the advocacy role they have played in fighting for civil rights.
As part of the evening, Gutiérrez previews his documentary “Voices for Justice” for the first time and then will display his traveling 24-panel exhibit, Voices for Justice: 200 Years of Latino Newspapers in the United States, which gives a chronological history of Latino media, the issues these newspapers covered and the journalists who produced the stories, photographs and news media.
The event will be held on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus at Walter Library's Digital Technology Center, room 402, from 5-7 p.m., Sept. 22. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP here.
Minnesota Journalism Center, Premack board announce winners of the 2010 Premack Awards
MINNEAPOLIS — The Star Tribune, Twin Cities Daily Planet, St. Cloud Times and the Bemidji Pioneer earned top honors March 5 for excellence in journalism through the Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards.
The news organizations and their journalists will be recognized at an awards presentation at 5 p.m. April 18 in the A.I. Johnson Room at McNamara Alumni Center, located on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus.
Read the full story and find links to the winning entries on http://mjc.umn.edu/events/premack.html.
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.
