Research & Centers

Minnesota Journalism Center

Minnesota Journalism Center

Minnesota Journalism Center

The Minnesota Journalism Center supports a more vibrant, equitable, and sustainable ecosystem for journalism in Minnesota through educational initiatives, applied research and engagement with newsrooms and journalists across the state.

Research

Applied projects studying the public’s changing relationship with news and how journalists can better serve diverse communities across the state

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Students

Undergraduate programming, courses and internships, including partnerships with local news outlets

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Working journalists

Building pathways to support, connect and train working journalists, publishers and newsrooms across Minnesota to ensure a sustainable future

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March 26: How local news orgs are reaching younger audiences

Hear from MPR News' Reverb team and the MJC's Ben Toff about building trust and relevance with younger audiences in a noontime Zoom chat.

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Latest News

Hackathon teams work in the Hubbard School's Murphy hall on the second day of the Minnesota Journalism Center's AI + Journalism hackathon on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Hannah Reynolds / HSJMC

Designing the future of local news: UMN graduate students win Minn. Journalism Center hackathon

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Newspapers are stacked on a beige metal shelf in the newsroom of the West-Central Tribune in Willmar, Minn.

Minnesota Journalism Center events

The Center hosts events focused on connecting working journalists to resources, training, research findings, students -- and each other -- throughout the year. 

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