Why a Twin Cities publisher decided now was a good time to start up a new (print) magazine — about startups
The idea for StartMN grew out of Twin Cities Business’ podcast, which focuses on entrepreneurship and leadership.
Media
MinnPost’s media beat focuses on the people, ideas and institutions shaping local and national media.
Jean Taylor takes on public media role as both insider and outsider
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.
Annoying the people that need to be annoyed: What to expect from Racket, the new media outlet founded by four ex-City Pages editors
Instead of relying solely on advertising, Racket — which launches August 18 — hopes to generate revenue through subscriptions.
The largest news agency in the U.S. changes crime reporting practices to ‘do less harm and give people second chances’
The AP will no longer name those arrested for minor crimes when the news service is unlikely to cover the story’s subsequent developments.
Five takeaways from the Minneapolis DFL’s City Council endorsement process
What happened. And what it could mean in November.
The Twin Cities’ most prolific journalist is really ready for the pandemic to be over
Before COVID-19 shut down the world, Jane McClure was often the only reporter covering many community meetings in St. Paul.
Jim Klobuchar: columnist, adventurer, the last of a kind
I first met Klobuchar through his spellbinding words, when he was covering the Minnesota Vikings for the Minneapolis Star.
From COVID to QAnon, U of M researcher Emily Vraga on debunking false information
A University of Minnesota researcher and an expert on misinformation, Vraga is co-author of “The Debunking Handbook 2020.”
Local journalism project puts BIPOC voices front and center in coverage of Chauvin trial
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.’
How PPP loans saved the Minnesota newspaper business — for now
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.
Year in Review: What we lost, and gained, in Minnesota media in 2020
A look at who and what we lost, what we gained, and what might be ahead for 2021.
A new reality: After 36 years, Pat Kessler steps away from day-to-day political coverage for WCCO
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.
COVID ended City Pages — and the era of alt-weeklies in the Twin Cities
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.
Why Sid never stopped
When news broke Sunday that Sid Hartman had died, a few months past his 100th birthday, it still came as a surprise. Sid? Dead? Impossible. Everyone knew Sid would outlive us all.
What it was like to work with — or, rather, around — Sid Hartman
There were the times when you wanted to smack Sid. And there were times you wanted to hug him.
What former Star Tribune reporter Myron Medcalf wants to do with his newest gig: Star Tribune local columnist
Medcalf will be the paper’s first Black local news columnist, and has been given what Strib Editor Rene Sanchez calls “a blank canvas.”
Why having more Black newsroom leaders is so critical for journalism
Diverse voices in newsrooms are essential to finding and reporting stories that even the most well-meaning white editors never think of. And it’s really not that hard.
The Twin Cities’ community newspapers are struggling to survive
As more and more dailies shed staff or fold, community papers are an even more important and often overlooked part of the media landscape — and just as endangered.
Authentic coverage: Nine months in, Sahan Journal reports with nuance on Minnesota’s immigrants and refugees
During the pandemic, a report on Somali workers at an Amazon warehouse in Eagan was aided by Mukhtar Ibrahim’s ability to interview them in their native language.
COVID-19 is a huge story for newspapers across Minnesota. For some, it could also be their undoing.
The massive decline in print advertising brought on by the coronavirus crisis is “going to separate the haves and the have-nots,” said Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith.
