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David Brauer

David Brauer authors Braublog and is MinnPost's local media reporter. He has covered media and politics as a writer and editor since 1983 for City Pages, the Southwest/Downtown Journal, KFAN and KSTP-AM, Mpls.St.Paul, Minnesota Monthly, Law & Politics, the Business Journal, KARE11 and national outlets.

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Occupy skepticism: Journalism and the fallacy of authority

By David Brauer | 05/14/12

A Pioneer Press journalist heaps scorn on Occupy Minnesota accusations that law enforcement gave people drugs, but developments prove undermining.

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Purple state: Mapping Vikings stadium legislative votes

By David Brauer | 05/09/12

Stadium votes, visualized in purple and gold.

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New Buz'n, K-TWIN formats shake up Twin Cities radio ratings

By David Brauer | 05/08/12

WLTE's country switchover boosted numbers as K-TWIN sunk like a stone. Who else won and lost?

Chris Ison
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U journalism professor Chris Ison burned in propane accident; recovery expected

By David Brauer | 05/07/12

Ison was lighting a propane stove in his Wisconsin cabin when it flash exploded.

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Don't put your Amy Senser story next to an ad with a roadside ditch

By David Brauer | 05/04/12

When Senser and sensibilities collide.

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Pioneer Press newsroom gets 'mobile engagement unit'

By David Brauer | 05/04/12

Come June, reporter John Brewer will tool around the Twin Cities looking for news -- but in a different way, his editors insist.

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Pioneer Press publisher explains print drop, predicts new labor deal

By David Brauer | 05/02/12

Though digital sales and pageviews are up, publisher Guy Gilmore says tacking a quarter onto the weekday paper hurt circulation numbers.

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Star Tribune, Pioneer Press shed weekday print, gain circulation

By David Brauer | 05/01/12

Sunday print isn't dead, but new newspaper circulation figures indicate Monday through Saturday is on the wane as digital editions soar.

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Why Tom Petters read Twin Cities Business' story on him before you did

By David Brauer | 04/30/12

Why a Ponzi schemer got to "pre-review" his jailhouse interview.

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Here's the Minneapolis City Council's pro-Vikings-stadium resolution

By David Brauer | 04/24/12

After months of chatter, a Minneapolis City Council majority may puts its name to a pro-stadium resolution.

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KARE11 doesn't fully identify sports-subsidy consultant in Vikings report

By David Brauer | 04/20/12

Aron Kahn has been the face of two Minnesota sports-subsidy efforts. So why didn't a KARE11 report say so?

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Who's dumber on the Vikings stadium: Dean Urdahl or Jim Souhan?

By David Brauer | 04/18/12

A Star Tribune columnist rips a question-asking state Representative as a "job killer" ... even though the politician voted for the Vikings stadium bill.

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Star Tribune stadium-watcher Kaszuba moves from Capitol to sports

By David Brauer | 04/18/12

Mike Kaszuba has bulldogged Vikings stadium coverage; now he'll cover money and sports from beyond the state Capitol bureau.

Star Tribune apologizes for Guthrie ad with editor's endorsement
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Star Tribune apologizes for Guthrie ad with editor's endorsement

By David Brauer | 04/16/12

A page-and-a-half Guthrie ad contains editor Nancy Barnes' rave about "Time Stands Still."

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Did a Star Tribune reporter tweet the woman's name in Best Buy’s Dunn investigation?

By David Brauer | 04/12/12

A reporter's public question exposes a name the newspaper still deems unfit to print.

Mike Hoefflinger announces a new "Premium on Facebook"
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How much do Twitter and Facebook boost local news-site traffic?

By David Brauer | 03/27/12

Three of the largest Twin Cities news sites get less social-network-referred traffic than the national average.

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Don Shelby joins BringMeTheNews, leaves MinnPost

By David Brauer | 03/20/12

Former WCCO anchor will voice morning newscasts, contribute original reporting.

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New York Times cuts free web stories; Star Tribune won't

By David Brauer | 03/20/12

The Minneapolis paper followed the Times' lead, but won't when it comes to ratcheting down 'free' stories.

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Doonesbury and Mohammed

By David Brauer | 03/19/12

Was Star Tribune editor Nancy Barnes right to link last week's "Doonesbury" cartoons to ones depicting the Prophet Mohammed's face?

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Star Tribune, Pioneer Press pull Doonesbury 'rape' strips

By David Brauer | 03/09/12

Comics lampoon Texas anti-abortion laws, but you'll have to go online to see them.

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Falling public-notice revenue plagues Dolan Co.'s media division

By David Brauer | 03/09/12

The publisher of Politics in Minnesota, Finance and Commerce, and Minnesota Lawyer struggles with poor public-notice market.