TCMA Fall Media Forum November 7

The Twin Cities Media Alliance will hold its 2009 Fall Media Forum on Saturday November 7, at the Hennepin County Library Central branch, 300 Nicollet Mall, downtown Minneapolis, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The theme for this year’s forum is Networking And The New Media Landscape: Reporting News, Building Community, Making Money:
“In the new media [...]

Brown Bag Lunch With Nick Coleman Wed. October 28

Veteran Twin Cities journalist Nick Coleman will be the featured guest at the Twin Cities Media Alliance’s October Brown Bag Lunch With A Journalist, at noon Wednesday, October 28 at the East Lake Public Library, 2727 E. Lake St., Minneapolis. Nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize, Nick has been a columnist and reporter in [...]

Check Out Our Fall Classes!

The Twin Cities Media Alliance has a great program of citizen journalism and media skills classes coming up this fall – including our four-part introduction to Citizen Journalism, a two-session class on Reporting 101, as well as classes on how to be a better blogger, an introduction to podcasting, how to create free WordPress websites [...]

Help Wanted: TCMA Seeks Community Engagement Coordinator

JOB TITLE: Community Engagement Coordinator

LOCATION: Twin Cities Metro

SALARY: based on qualifications    [...]

KFAI Presents Nick Coleman August 20 at St. Joan of Arc Church

Award-winning Minnesota journalist and newspaper columnist Nick Coleman will be the featured speaker Thursday, August 20 at St. Joan of Arc Church as part of KFAI Radio’s 2009 speaker series. He has covered politics, government, media and business, Native American issues, war and peace in Northern Ireland, published more than 3,000 columns, produced approximately 300 [...]

Brown Bag Lunch with Jason DeRusha Wednesday July 22

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. Jason reports the nightly “Good Question” segment on WCCO-TV, blogs at wcco.com/jasonblog, and is also active in social media on [...]

Brownbag Lunch With Kerri Miller Wed. 6/24

Kerri Miller, host of Minnesota Public Radio’s Midmorning show, will be our featured guest at our next Brown Bag Lunch with A Journalist, at noon Wednesday, June 24 at the East Lake Public Library, 2727 E. Lake St., Minneapolis. Kerri has been a radio and television news reporter since 1981. Before joining MPR [...]

Five News Nuggets About TCMA and TC Daily Planet

1) Last month, at an awards ceremony headlined by Tom Brokaw, the Twin Cities Daily Planet received a Page One award for Best Independent News Web Site from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists. Here’s what SPJ’s judges said about the Daily Planet:
“The breadth and depth of this site is terrific. It connects on multiple [...]

SPJ National presents Citizen Journalism Academy

Press Release:
The Society of Professional Journalists believes the world benefits from more news coverage, not less. Through its Citizen Journalism Academy, June 13 at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, SPJ seeks to help everyone wanting to practice journalism to do so accurately, ethically and fairly.
Participants will explore topics such as:
— Journalism ethics. The new-media landscape [...]

Brown Bag Lunch With Steve Brandt May 27

Veteran Star Tribune reporter Steve Brandt will be our featured guest at our next Brown Bag Lunch with A Journalist, at noon Wednesday, May 27 at the East Lake Public Library, 2727 E. Lake St., Minneapolis. Steve is one of the Twin Cities most respected journalists. Steve currently covers Minneapolis City Hall and city [...]