Journalism Today, and Beyond

June 30, 2010

Alan Bjerga, who grew up on a farm in northern Minnesota, covers agricultural policy for Bloomberg News. In 2009 he won awards from the Overseas Press Club, the New York Press Club, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the North American Agricultural Journalists for his work in Ethiopia on famine and U.S. food aid.He previously worked in the Knight-Ridder Washington bureau, where he won the NAAJ's top writing award in 2005. He began his career with the Saint Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press and also reported for the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader and Wichita (Kan.) Eagle. He holds a bachelor's degree in from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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As the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, the National Press Club has been the place where journalists and news-makers have shared information and exchanged view for more than a century. This tradition continues with The Quill & Cursor – an interactive platform for “the conversation” on the future of journalism.

The inaugural Quill & Cursor examines the state of journalism with commentary of News Corporations Rupert Murdoch, introduced by Alan Bjerga, President of The National Press Club.

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