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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.
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.
In February, the Star Tribune announced that Dardarian, currently the No. 2 leader in the newsroom, will succeed outgoing Editor Rene Sanchez.
CherryRoad Media CEO Jeremy Gulban says the company plans to invest in the newspapers, not mine them for assets.
Reeves’ death on Jan. 6, of complications from COVID-19, silenced one of the area’s most influential voices.
For journalism in Minnesota, 2021 turned out to be a much better year than 2020.
Publisher Tesha Christensen believes there’s a potential market in covering neighborhoods previously served by the now defunct Southwest Journal.
The idea for StartMN grew out of Twin Cities Business’ podcast, which focuses on entrepreneurship and leadership.
The former Star Tribune board chair will lead an organization that’s experienced internal tumult, yet it has the potential to make a big impact on political and cultural affairs.
Instead of relying solely on advertising, Racket — which launches August 18 — hopes to generate revenue through subscriptions.
The AP will no longer name those arrested for minor crimes when the news service is unlikely to cover the story’s subsequent developments.
What happened. And what it could mean in November.
Before COVID-19 shut down the world, Jane McClure was often the only reporter covering many community meetings in St. Paul.
I first met Klobuchar through his spellbinding words, when he was covering the Minnesota Vikings for the Minneapolis Star.
A University of Minnesota researcher and an expert on misinformation, Vraga is co-author of “The Debunking Handbook 2020.”
With daily radio reports in English and weekly updates in Hmong, Somali and Spanish, Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice project features trial coverage with an ‘unfiltered approach to amplifying community voices.’
It’s not clear how many papers in Minnesota applied for or received PPP loans, though the Pew Research Center reported nearly 2,800 newspaper companies nationally received loans during the first round of stimulus payments.
A look at who and what we lost, what we gained, and what might be ahead for 2021.
In the post-Hubert Humphrey era of Minnesota politics, Kessler has covered them all, from Mondale to Paul Wellstone to Jesse Ventura to Michele Bachman to Al Franken to Tim Walz.
The Star Tribune announced that the paper, founded in 1979, would cease operations immediately, putting about 30 staffers out of work and leaving the metro without its most prominent alt-weekly voice.
