NEWS & EVENTS
May 17 MNSPJ/AAJA/ONATC happy hour 6:30 p.m. Republic @ Seven Corners RSVP here May 19 Unity convention mixer and potluck12 p.m. - 4 p.m.Eitel Building City Apartments, 1367 Willow St., Minneapolis June 7 AAJA/WCCO/SPJ media access panel 6:30 p.m. WCCO 90 S. 11th St., Minneapolis |
Congrats to our Spotlight winners and internship recipient!AAJA-MN is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Spotlight Awards. They are:
Thomas Lee, National VP for Print and AAJA Minnesota past-president, featured on TODAY for his work covering Best Buy CEO resignation:Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy AAJA-MN/TCBJ TrainingDid you miss any of our training sessions (Social media branding; How recruiters use social media; Intro to online portfolios)?
Not to worry -- you can find a link to the material discussed here. Congrats to the Pioneer Press Bulldoggers!
Congratulations to the Pioneer Press Bulldoggers for winning AAJA-MN's Trivia Bowl!
They blew away the competition with a score 77 -- beating second-place finishers from MyTalk107.1 by 10 points. Third place went to the AAJA & Friends team. Congrats and thank you to everyone who came out to play! See photos from Trivia Bowl here. MediaWatch
AAJA-MN on Nov. 8 sent a letter to WCCO in Minneapolis asking for an apology and correction or retraction regarding an inaccurate report that aired Oct. 31, 2011, which said a Minnesota puppy mill was allegedly sending dogs to a Chinatown meat market in New York City. Read AAJA-MN's letter here. The Minnesota Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists stands with AAJA-MN; the group sent its own letter on Nov. 9. On Nov. 15, after receiving no response from WCCO, AAJA National sent a letter to CBS, asking for an explanation. UPDATE: On Nov. 23, WCCO published an Editor's Note on its website addressing the dog/duck error. AAJA Minnesota leadership released a statement in response to this note. Read the latest news: WCCO Duck Dog footage surfaces on YouTube WCCO breaks its silence, admits station now believes meat market worker did say "duck" WCCO Duck Dog Story: Newsroom source predicts 'heads will roll' and reveals how mistakes were made Asian American Journalists demand apology from 'dog meat' reporter Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists blast WCCO over 'dog meat' story WCCO reports Chinatown meat market sells dogs instead of duck Chapter of the year
AAJA-MN is the 2011 AAJA chapter of the year!
Congrats and a BIG thank you to all of our chapter members for their hard work! From Emma Carew, chapter co-president: "We're proud to return from the Detroit convention as the AAJA chapter of the year. We also saw past president Thomas Lee, newly returned Star Tribune reporter, elected as national vice president for print. When we sent our nomination, we realized the size of the impact our small chapter has had this year. Among the highlights: Taste of AAJA 2010, a fundraiser that met our goals and also introduced our first leadership in diversity award; new leadership on the AAJA board; partnerships with SPJ and Twin Cities Black Journalists for better programming, such as the Google meetup; launching a newly redesigned website; our commitment to students: Spotlight Awards, AAJA internship, two Minnesota students on Voices staff and another on JCamp this year; a robust Media Watch program that gave a strong response when challenged on the Hmong parody song earlier this year. I attended my first national presidents meeting at the convention this year, and hearing others talk about their struggles in markets around the country, I learned that our chapter is well organized, our programs are effective and our members are reliable. I'm incredibly proud to be a part of our leadership in Minnesota. We'd love to continue to be an outstanding chapter. Please get in touch if you'd like to volunteer, pitch a programming idea or just come to a board meeting." Stay connected
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