<![CDATA[MinnPost - David Brauer]]> http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/ en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:19:09 -0500 Clockwork Active Media Manager <![CDATA[Mischke, Part Two: What's next for me, and radio]]>

"The key for me is not to get into the same situation I was in. ... I think every radio station in town has to pray to God they have a visionary on their staff."

By David Brauer

]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:44:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/12/18/5382/mischke_part_two_whats_next_for_me_and_radio#19-5382 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/12/18/5382/mischke_part_two_whats_next_for_me_and_radio <![CDATA[Mischke speaks: Why I was fired]]> Mischke speaks: Why I was fired
By David Brauer | Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

Calling a fellow Hubbard employee on the air was his AM1500 death sentence, but did the Golden Arches play a part?

Mischke, Part Two: What's next for me, and radio

]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:34:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/12/18/5380/mischke_speaks_why_i_was_fired#19-5380 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/12/18/5380/mischke_speaks_why_i_was_fired <![CDATA[A $30 million problem: What's next for the Strib?]]>

A $30 million problem: What's next for the Strib?

By David Brauer | Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008

Management's cost-cutting edict could pit the newsroom versus the Teamsters, the web versus print, and two newspapers versus one.

]]> Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:18:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/12/03/4985/a_30_million_problem_whats_next_for_the_strib#19-4985 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/12/03/4985/a_30_million_problem_whats_next_for_the_strib <![CDATA[WCCO Radio asks big names to take a pay cut]]>

If top talent takes a one-year, 10 percent cut, jobs can be saved, management promises.

By David Brauer

]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:01:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/11/25/4863/wcco_radio_asks_big_names_to_take_a_pay_cut#19-4863 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/11/25/4863/wcco_radio_asks_big_names_to_take_a_pay_cut <![CDATA[Minneapolis election director speaks: 'Ballots in my car' story false]]>

Minneapolis election director speaks: 'Ballots in my car' story false

By David Brauer | Wednesday, Nov.12, 2008

Fighting back against the U.S. Senate recount's most enduring myth.

]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:02:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/11/12/4565/minneapolis_election_director_speaks_ballots_in_my_car_story_false#19-4565 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/11/12/4565/minneapolis_election_director_speaks_ballots_in_my_car_story_false <![CDATA[Polling problem roundup: 11 a.m. edition]]>

Scanning the metro news sourcs to give you an overview of the difficulties, or lack thereof ...

By David Brauer

]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/11/04/4307/polling_problem_roundup_11_am_edition#19-4307 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/11/04/4307/polling_problem_roundup_11_am_edition <![CDATA[Even the Strib circulation folks hate Al Franken?]]>

The story of one man's cancellation following the paper's Norm Coleman endorsement.

By David Brauer

]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:36:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/30/4200/even_the_strib_circulation_folks_hate_al_franken#19-4200 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/30/4200/even_the_strib_circulation_folks_hate_al_franken <![CDATA[Strib weekday circ falls 4 percent, Sundays down 8; PiPress up slightly (Update 2)]]>

The Strib's Monday-Friday circulation keeps falling, with Sunday's plunge especially troubling. Meanwhile the PiPress shows stability, at least on Sunday.

By David Brauer

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:24:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/27/4096/strib_weekday_circ_falls_4_percent_sundays_down_8_pipress_up_slightly_update_2#19-4096 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/27/4096/strib_weekday_circ_falls_4_percent_sundays_down_8_pipress_up_slightly_update_2 <![CDATA[Strib editor to columnists: Stop being partisan starting ... now!]]>

The campaign's final days mean no partisan politics for the Star Tribune's news columnists.

By David Brauer

]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:30:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/23/4052/strib_editor_to_columnists_stop_being_partisan_starting_now#19-4052 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/23/4052/strib_editor_to_columnists_stop_being_partisan_starting_now <![CDATA[Senate candidates' softer sides: KTCA's '3 Moments' special]]>

Channel 2 shows the U.S. Senate candidates' human frailties in the best possible light, but this well-timed special is revealing and often convincing.

By David Brauer

]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:55:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/22/4007/senate_candidates_softer_sides_ktcas_3_moments_special#19-4007 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/22/4007/senate_candidates_softer_sides_ktcas_3_moments_special <![CDATA[How the Strib got scooped on KFAN host Dubay's arrest]]>

The paper was working the story alongside rivals, but higher standards, a bit too much caution, and human frailty intervened.

By David Brauer

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:22:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/21/3980/how_the_strib_got_scooped_on_kfan_host_dubays_arrest#19-3980 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/21/3980/how_the_strib_got_scooped_on_kfan_host_dubays_arrest <![CDATA[Bachmann doesn't talk to PiPress; paper rewards her]]>

Why did the PiPress print Michele Bachmann's op-ed in its news section?

By David Brauer

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:50:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/21/3974/bachmann_doesnt_talk_to_pipress_paper_rewards_her#19-3974 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/21/3974/bachmann_doesnt_talk_to_pipress_paper_rewards_her <![CDATA[Fox9 in the chicken coop: Bachmann’s latest dissembling]]>

Tracking Michelle Bachmann's latest attempt to say she didn't mean what she said.

By David Brauer

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/20/3954/fox9_in_the_chicken_coop_bachmann’s_latest_dissembling#19-3954 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/20/3954/fox9_in_the_chicken_coop_bachmann’s_latest_dissembling <![CDATA[Petters scandal kills local magazine group]]>

A magazine group Tom Petters acquired three months ago has been closed and everyone laid off, sources say.

By David Brauer

]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/10/3849/petters_scandal_kills_local_magazine_group#19-3849 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/10/3849/petters_scandal_kills_local_magazine_group <![CDATA[More bad press coming for the Coleman campaign]]>

The Uptake, a local media organization hoping to provide the only live video of Norm Coleman's morning press conference was excluded from the event, as was Minnesota Independent. What does Norm have to fear?

By David Brauer

]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:26:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/10/3840/more_bad_press_coming_for_the_coleman_campaign#19-3840 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/10/3840/more_bad_press_coming_for_the_coleman_campaign <![CDATA[The essential stupidity of the 'blogger' evasion]]> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/09/3822/the_essential_stupidity_of_the_blogger_evasion#19-3822 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/09/3822/the_essential_stupidity_of_the_blogger_evasion <![CDATA[A little more on the Strib's wild U.S. Senate poll]]>

Why did the Star Tribune poll show Al Franken up by 9 points while a Survey USA poll showed him down by 10? The Strib's pollster explains the wildly divergent numbers.

By David Brauer

]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:20:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/06/3790/a_little_more_on_the_stribs_wild_us_senate_poll#19-3790 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/06/3790/a_little_more_on_the_stribs_wild_us_senate_poll <![CDATA[Strib workers buy a better mousetrap]]>

At least they're not calling management rats: the Strib's union finds a chemical-free way to combat a rodent infestation.

By David Brauer

]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:15:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/06/3788/strib_workers_buy_a_better_mousetrap#19-3788 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/06/3788/strib_workers_buy_a_better_mousetrap <![CDATA[Amid business troubles, Strib nabs a PiPress star]]>

Imagine joining a paper one day before it announces it won't pay its debts. In a move west that was once common, PiPress housing reporter Jennifer Bjorhus starts at the Strib Oct. 13.

By David Brauer

]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:47:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/03/3756/amid_business_troubles_strib_nabs_a_pipress_star#19-3756 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/03/3756/amid_business_troubles_strib_nabs_a_pipress_star <![CDATA[So how much is the Strib worth anyway?]]>

In the wake of today’s announcement that the Star Tribune has stopped paying its debt entirely, I thought I’d take a crack at a recently popular journalism parlor game: “What’s the Strib worth?”

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:56:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/01/3738/so_how_much_is_the_strib_worth_anyway#19-3738 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/01/3738/so_how_much_is_the_strib_worth_anyway <![CDATA[Strib: Bankruptcy filing is 'on the table']]> Strib: Bankruptcy filing is 'on the table'
By David Brauer | Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008

The Star Tribune says it has stopped making quarterly payments on its debt, and a bankruptcy filing is one option as it negotiates with creditors.

RELATED: Read Chris Harte's memo to Star Tribune staff

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:29:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/01/3720/strib_bankruptcy_filing_is_on_the_table#19-3720 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/10/01/3720/strib_bankruptcy_filing_is_on_the_table <![CDATA[Feds sue Strib for alleged sexual harassment; working in the 'male room?']]>

The federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is suing the Star Tribune, alleging sexual harassment at the paper's production facility. An EEOC litigator says the paper has been "very good to work with" so far.

By David Brauer

]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:04:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/30/3709/feds_sue_strib_for_alleged_sexual_harassment_working_in_the_male_room#19-3709 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/30/3709/feds_sue_strib_for_alleged_sexual_harassment_working_in_the_male_room <![CDATA[Big TV networks, AP sue state over new exit poll law]]>

ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN and Associated Press are suing Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Attorney General Lori Swanson over a new law pushing exit pollers further from the state's polling places.

By David Brauer

]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:34:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/29/3697/big_tv_networks_ap_sue_state_over_new_exit_poll_law#19-3697 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/29/3697/big_tv_networks_ap_sue_state_over_new_exit_poll_law <![CDATA['Stay Out of Jail Free': a closer look at RNC embedding]]>

Some local journalists got immunity from arrest covering Republican National Convention protests. Did it taint their reporting? Did police protect their favorites while rounding up dozens of others?

By David Brauer

]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:28:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/26/3653/stay_out_of_jail_free_a_closer_look_at_rnc_embedding#19-3653 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/26/3653/stay_out_of_jail_free_a_closer_look_at_rnc_embedding <![CDATA[Strib editor: Political reporters should ask themselves, 'If I were running ...']]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:35:00 -0500 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/18/3563/strib_editor_political_reporters_should_ask_themselves_if_i_were_running_#19-3563 http://www.minnpost.com/davidbrauer/2008/09/18/3563/strib_editor_political_reporters_should_ask_themselves_if_i_were_running_