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Join @spj-posts.bsky.social at MediaFest25 on October 15–18 in Washington D.C. for hands-on training, student journalism programming, networking, and press freedom conversations.

Early-bird pricing ends Monday, Sept. 15. Register today: mediafest25.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🥉Third Place: @deenawinter.bsky.social and J. Patrick Coolican of @minnesotareformer.com for their investigative series uncovering a vast network of fraud across multiple state programs, stemming from a $250 million pandemic scam.

minnesotareformer.com/2024/09/20/h...
June 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
🥈Second Place: @nateoneal.bsky.social, Casey Hooker and Joe Augustine of @fox9mn.bsky.social for their “Costly Crisis” series uncovering a Ramsey County policy to bill people who called a crisis hotline for help.

www.fox9.com/tag/series/i...
June 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
🥇First Place: @ajlagoe.bsky.social, Steve Eckert, @gprep.bsky.social and @kellydietzkare11.bsky.social of @kare11.bsky.social for their “Recovery Inc.” series exposing fraud and exploitation within Minnesota’s addiction recovery industry.

www.kare11.com/recoveryinc
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Peter S. Popovich Award: The staff of @minnesotareformer.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Best Use of Public Records: @bzosiad.bsky.social and @cynthiatu.bsky.social of @sahanjournal.bsky.social for “A $132 million loophole in Minnesota's anti-corruption laws”

sahanjournal.com/education/mi...
June 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Best Beat Reporting: Kim Hyatt of @startribune.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Young Journalist of the Year: Mara Klecker of @startribune.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Journalist of the Year: J. Patrick Coolican of @minnesotareformer.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
MNSPJ is excited to announce the 2025 A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota, which seeks to recognize outstanding investigative journalism in our state with $15,000 in prize money for journalists and their newsrooms.

Learn more here: mnspj.org/2025/01/14/m...
January 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM