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Don Effenberger

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Don Effenberger

MinnPost News Editor Don Effenberger coordinates coverage of Minnesota politics, business and sports news. An inveterate list-maker, he also regularly writes Listing Slightly, a quirky, quick-read list on pop culture, movies and music.

Don is a St. Paul native who worked at the Pioneer Press for 28 years, handling a wide range of editing assignments, including supervising coverage of religion, education, health, St. Paul and Ramsey County news and a wide array of special projects.

Between longevity and attrition, he became one of the newsroom’s de facto "historians," in part because of several favorite career projects. He edited and designed the company history book and oversaw yearlong coverage of the paper's 150th anniversary (the Pioneer Press' forerunner, the Minnesota Pioneer, is the state's oldest paper!).

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Listing Slightly

Get ready for the Academy Awards with some memorable Oscar moments

By Don Effenberger | 02/18/11
With the hype already ramping up by the hour, I didn’t want to get left too far behind. So, here’s the first of my two Oscar lists leading up to the Big Night on Feb. 27.
Listing Slightly

Beyond 'Unchained Melody' -- some seldom-heard songs for your valentine

By Don Effenberger | 02/11/11
For Valentine’s Day, how about an array of love songs ranging from the admittedly schmaltzy to several Great American Songbook classics, many of them overlooked or forgotten?
Listing Slightly

Some old words of wisdom -- and an array of songs -- about staying young

By Don Effenberger | 02/04/11
Bob Dylan said it well on dealing with aging: “I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” So did a bunch of others, including George Burns.
Listing Slightly

Two more special 'Time Capsule' years: 1961 and 1986

By Don Effenberger | 01/21/11
Here’s a look at some of the major (and minor) events of those two years that helped shape our lives. We begin with the year that gave us President Kennedy, the Berlin Wall and a ramped-up space race.
Listing Slightly

Let's start the year with a supersized 'time capsule' covering the years 1911 and 1936

By Don Effenberger | 01/14/11
Tardy though I am, I’m still in the mood to celebrate the new year, which is off to an exceedingly busy start. So, for some perspective, let’s look back 100 years and 75 years ago.
Listing Slightly

On a historic day in aviation, let's take off with some musical flights

By Don Effenberger | 12/17/10
On this date 107 years ago, Orville and Wilbur made history with their first powered flight. Let’s celebrate their accomplishment with some "flying" songs.
Listing Slightly

Sh-h-h-h! It's time for lullabies and other sleep-time serenades

By Don Effenberger | 12/03/10
From generation to generation, music has been a key ingredient in the daily bonding ritual of bedtime. Check out some of these classic settling songs, and add your own favorites.
Listing Slightly

Lots of songs to be thankful for

By Don Effenberger | 11/19/10
What better way to get ready for Thanksgiving Day than to check out some of the many ways singers have said, “Thanks!” over the years? Most of them even mean it!
Listing Slightly

Some out-of-this-world 'World' songs

By Don Effenberger | 11/12/10
I was trying to time this list to the mission of the Discovery space shuttle, but the launch has been delayed again, so I’m going ahead anyway with my out-of-this-world “World” songs tribute.
Inside MinnPost

Check out our annual Best of MinnPost, Vol. 3

By Don Effenberger | 11/09/10
MinnPost celebrated its third anniversary Monday night with a Mini-Roast party — and publication of its third annual edition of the Best of MinnPost, a 48-page compilation of some of our site’s best work from the past year. If you couldn’t make it