Georgia Fort along with Marianne Combs launch new radio station in St. Paul, Power 104.7 FM
Plans for Power 104.7 include brief news segments between sets of music.
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In police records lawsuit, Minneapolis City Attorney demands open government group divulge their City Hall sources
The advocates’ attorneys said the city’s demands are “extremely atypical” and “feel intimidating.” The City Attorney said there’s nothing abnormal about its requests.
Why contemporary Christian station KTIS is the Twin Cities’ most popular radio station for several months running
KTIS is a live and local radio station, unlike many religious broadcasters, which play satellite-fed programming from a central site.
N.Y. and L.A. Times decision to cut back on sports is an alarming trend in news coverage
Why should you care if you don’t live in L.A. or New York, don’t like sports and don’t subscribe to either paper? Because this kind of shortsightedness could be coming to a paper near you.
If downtown Minneapolis is dead, why is it getting a new community news outlet?
Coupled with all the high-rise construction the past decade in Downtown East and up and down Washington Avenue, Charlie Rybak envisions a growing readership for Downtown Voices.
AG Ellison offers details of Chauvin prosecution in new book
The retelling of the chaos and triumphant prosecution of Chauvin for second degree murder is chronicled in Ellison’s new book, “Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence.”
Could Fox legal problems impact its broadcast stations in Minnesota?
Some of the wholly owned stations could be at risk if Fox Corp. bleeds money because of litigation. But that’s not likely to happen anytime soon.
Minneapolis City Council president advocates for transgender individuals on Washington Post podcast
A Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that despite hardships, a vast majority of transgender adult respondents said they were happier than before they transitioned.
The Bourne conspiracy: How a Minnesotan’s email became key evidence in Fox News-Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit
Sent just hours after Fox News called the election for Joe Biden, Minnesotan Marlene Bourne’s wild email falsely claimed “a piece of software” was inserted into Dominion voting machines that would change votes for Donald Trump to Biden.
It’s time for ‘The Truth,’ and that’s what Georgia Fort plans to deliver with new TV show
“Here’s The Truth with Georgia Fort” premiers March 11 on The CW Twin Cities, airing Saturdays at 11 a.m.
Black media organizations face stark inequities in advertising dollars from political campaigns
“The one thing that the GOP and the DFL can agree on is that they don’t wanna support Black media. They might not agree with nothing else, but that one thing they have in common,” said Sheletta Brundidge, a Minnesota media personality and podcaster.
Why KFAN and other local radio stations are engaging listeners through games
The games, rather than featuring callers or listeners, are played by station staffers and on-air bit players, with occasional help from personalities at sister radio stations in the same office.
ThreeSixty Journalism summer camps aim to increase diversity within media
ThreeSixty Journalism has been around for more than 20 years, partnering with the University of St. Thomas with a mission is to change how newsrooms look and the resulting narratives.
Amudalat Ajasa shines bright while being honored by the National Association of Black Journalists
The St. Paul native and recent graduate of New York’s Hofstra University is NABJ’s Student Journalist of the Year.
Charles Hallman might be one of the most fascinating people in Twin Cities media. And he’s finally gotten his due.
This year, the longtime Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder writer was inducted into the United States Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame for his coverage of women’s college basketball.
Why Strib editorial cartoonist Steve Sack decided it was time to sign off
About eight months ago, Sack said, he began to feel numbness in the fingers of his drawing hand. Numbness and tingling soon spread up his arm, all the way up to the shoulder. A neurologist diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome and nerve issues.
‘We need to listen more to the community’: A Q&A with new Star Tribune Editor Suki Dardarian
In February, the Star Tribune announced that Dardarian, currently the No. 2 leader in the newsroom, will succeed outgoing Editor Rene Sanchez.
Why a New Jersey technology firm bought a bunch of newspapers in Greater Minnesota. And what it wants to do with them.
CherryRoad Media CEO Jeremy Gulban says the company plans to invest in the newspapers, not mine them for assets.
What Twin Cities journalism, and the Twin Cities, lost with the death of Mel Reeves
Reeves’ death on Jan. 6, of complications from COVID-19, silenced one of the area’s most influential voices.
Year in review: Minnesota’s seven biggest media stories of 2021
For journalism in Minnesota, 2021 turned out to be a much better year than 2020.
