Minnesota Newspaper Association & Minnesota News Media Institute

06/30/2025

Wishing the Minnesota news community a great holiday!

05/28/2025

Today, we're celebrating MNA Network Advertising Manager Randy Kelsey, and you can help us flood his email! Randy is marking 25 years of dedicated service to the Minnesota Newspaper Association and its members. Drop him a note today at [email protected] and help us celebrate Randy!

03/18/2025

SUNSHINE WEEK STORY: Read about one mother's discovery of the power of public records as she sought answers in the shooting death of her teenage son. “The biggest thing I’ve learned about records, it is a brilliant way to hold local government accountable. You can say, well, you told me this, but the record I have contradicts what you’ve said. So, which is true? There’s a lot of power in being able to hold government accountable.”

SunshineWeek.org

03/17/2025

We’re excited is here! We're proud to join good-government organizations, news teams and civic groups in promoting the importance of government and accountability. Join the discussion: https://sunshineweek.org/foi/

03/01/2025

Just last month, four MNA members generated more than $12,600 in revenue for themselves and $935 in sales bonuses by selling ads into MNA’s Minnesota Classified Advertising Network and Minnesota Display Advertising Network. In short, if you’re not getting in on these opportunities, you’re missing out. Get started at www.mna.org/advertising/statewide-networks

02/27/2025

Congratulations to the 10 MNA members chosen this morning to host the Minnesota News Media Institute's 2025 interns! Access Press, St. Paul; Austin Daily Herald; The Bemidji Pioneer; Canby News; Chokio Review; Cottonwood County Citizen, Windom; Hermantown Star; Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Minneapolis; The Journal, New Ulm, Minn.; and Paynesville Press will share $10,000 from MNI to subsidize intern wages.

Members recruit, choose and assign their own high school or college intern to learn about news, advertising, design or another discipline. MNA works with the students and their supervisors to ensure a quality experience for both. Twenty-seven MNA members applied; the number of internships awarded each year varies based on donations to the Minnesota News Media Institute. If you'd like to support the intern program, reach out to Lisa Schwarz at [email protected].

02/24/2025

DEADLINE ALERT: Applications for the 2025 MNI Internship Program are due Thursday. The MNI-funded internship program offers a 75% wage subsidy for interns at up to 10 member newspapers. The subsidy for each newspaper can be up to $1,000 for wage reimbursement. Follow the link for more details; deadline to apply is 9 a.m. Feb. 27.https://mna.org/.../02/2025-MNI-internship-application.pdf

02/13/2025

We’re counting down to 2025, March 16-22. Together, we champion and nationwide March 16-22. . Free resources: sunshineweek.org

02/11/2025

Minnesota Newspaper Association and the Minnesota News Media Institute are excited to offer the MNI Internship Program to its members again in 2025. The MNI-funded internship program offers a 75% wage subsidy for interns at up to 10 member newspapers. The subsidy for each newspaper can be up to $1,000 for wage reimbursement. Follow the link for more details; deadline to apply is 9 a.m. Feb. 27.https://mna.org/assets/2025/02/2025-MNI-internship-application.pdf

02/04/2025

Click over to www.mna.org to catch some materials from last week's MNA Convention, including Mark Anfinson's MNA Legal Update, a fundraising guide for newsrooms from Melissa Wind of the Star Tribune, and 36 ideas your news org can use to raise revenue from the Ad Idea Exchange. Another member benefit from MNA.

01/29/2025

DRUM ROLL, PLEASE: The results of one of the nation’s largest news and advertising contests are in. Expert judges from Illinois reviewed almost 4,000 entries of MNA members’ most outstanding work from the 2023-2024 contest year to determine the best of the best. Find the results, judge's comments, and winning entries here: https://mna.org/services/better-newspaper-contest/

Winners will be honored Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Better Newspaper Contest Awards Gala during the 158th Annual MNA Convention & Trade Show. The winners of the coveted Vance and Mills trophies, honoring the best multiday and weekly news organizations in Minnesota, will be revealed. Congratulations to all of the winners!