MNCOGI board chair MaryJo Webster recently received the Peter S. Popovich Award from the Minnesota Society for Professional Journalists. The award is given annually to “a person or organization that exemplifies the fight for First Amendment Rights.”
Webster is the data editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She is also a senior fellow for the Center for Health Journalism’s Data Fellowship program, where she trains and mentors journalists on how to incorporate data into their reporting. She previously taught part-time at the University of Minnesota’s journalism school and is a regular panelist and teacher at national journalism conferences and workshops.
Previously, she worked at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, USA Today, the Center for Public Integrity, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Oshkosh Northwestern, and the New Ulm Journal.