NEWS COUNCIL NEWS:

• NEW: Monthly E-Newsletter. The April/May issue of Newsworthy Online, our monthly online newsletter, is out. Sign up for our mailing list today. Read past issues here.
  
  
• NEW: Online Citizen Journalism Summer Gathering . We are working with the Media Giraffe Project, Journalism that Matters collaborative, Minnesota Journalism Center, Blandin Foundation, and Park Foundation to present
  
  
  
  A PASSION FOR PLACE
  New Pampleteers/New Reporters:
  Convening Entrepreneurs Who Combine
  Journalism, Democracy, Place, & Blogs
  
  Wed.-Fri. June 4-6, 2008, Minnesota Journalism Center @ Univ. of Minnesota
  
  
• Public hearing #153 was held Thursday, February 21 via video conference between Duluth and the Twin Cities. You can read about it on our blog, take at look at the Duluth News Tribune's coverage of the event, or read the Duluth Budgeteer News' thoughts on their participation in the complaints process.

• The Minnesota News Council is deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Hesham Hussein on January 26. Hussein, president of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, had been a member of the News Council since 2005. We offer our sympathy to his family and friends. You can learn more about his life's work here.