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David Brauer

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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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5 years 28 weeks

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Posted on 04/28/11 at 09:21 am in response to News break

Thank you everybody - I'm very touched, and grateful. The support means a lot, not to mention distracting me from the itching.

Posted on 04/20/11 at 11:55 am in response to When does a journalism awards category fall below critical mass?

Cheap shot, Ron. MinnPost has won in the past. Don't know why we didn't enter this year. But my concerns are not related to our success or lack thereof.

Posted on 04/11/11 at 06:07 pm in response to Figuring out the Volt value proposition: It's not as neat, nor as green, as you might think

Steve - should we consider pipeline/refining inefficiencies with regard to gasoline as well as the grid inefficiences?

Nice piece, even if I think you undersold smokestack pollution-control efficiencies versus tailpipe.

Posted on 04/05/11 at 02:33 pm in response to Scalping their own seats? Twins try 'demand-based' pricing for hot Target Field tickets

Thanks David - misnamed sections fixed. Thankfully, they were correct later in the story and in the graphic. Richard, you flagged the single misspelling I had for Digonex, damn you!

Posted on 03/30/11 at 04:11 pm in response to Star Tribune's 2011 ad revenues already under budget

I can handle almost any pressure except from grammarians. Awfulness fixed. Douse your torches, ground your pitchforks!

Posted on 03/30/11 at 02:14 pm in response to Star Tribune's 2011 ad revenues already under budget

If OMG is now in the dictionary ...

Posted on 03/30/11 at 10:39 am in response to KARE's Costantini rips Star Tribune for naming St. John's monks in sex abuse cases

Mark - the sidebar with names is here:

http://strib.mn/g1ucRq

It was also in a box in the original dead-tree version, on the jump.

Posted on 03/28/11 at 11:36 am in response to First impressions: the Star Tribune's new website

Justin - the Strib definitely agrees with you about customization ... their reasoning is almost identical to yours.

My sense with refresh is that reform is coming. I don't know the technical barriers when you're mostly concentrating on appearance. I know we'll both be watching closely!

Barbara - yes, like NYT, if you are a print subscriber you get the web stuff free even after metering begins.

Posted on 03/28/11 at 10:51 am in response to First impressions: the Star Tribune's new website

Christopher -

In the past, Strib web execs have said it's to refresh the content on a site that's constantly changing. (More about the headlines surrounding story than story itself, tho it sometimes changes the story if new facts are added.)

Cynics say it's about blasting new ads in your face and artificially upping page views. With visits becoming the preferred metric, I think the latter is more overblown than it was.

Posted on 03/16/11 at 12:50 pm in response to Star Tribune columnist Kersten is now a lobbyist

John - no, it's because Dane Smith doesn't have a regular role with the Strib. Kersten does. It is rare if not unprecedented for the paper to contract with a lobbyist, and it is noteworthy.

Perhaps noteworthy, too, is that Dane Smith's lobbying status is specifically mentioned in this piece.