I saw Brett Favre at the MN State Fair! No, not really. Actually, we found out his name is Kevin. I had stopped at the O’Gara’s building to grab a beer for me and my wife, while she was getting corn dogs with the kids. When they came back, my oldest tugged on my shirt, […]
USA Today, the nation’s second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history as it de-emphasizes its print edition and ramps up its effort to reach more readers and advertisers on mobile devices. The makeover outlined Thursday will result in about 130 layoffs this fall, USA Today Publisher
I stumbled across this historical fact while reading Thomas C. Leonard’s 1995 book, News for All: America’s Coming-of-Age With the Press. He writes, “When Americans chose the news, they were often not simply thinking of stories they wished to read; they were thinking of another reader.” Leonard’s example is the Boston News-Letter, first published in
MinnPost now publishing full articles in RSS feeds
MinnPost now publishing full articles in RSS feeds Starting today, you can read entire MinnPost articles from within our RSS feeds. Previously, we only offered a headline (and sometimes an excerpt) and you had to click a link to read the full text at our website. I just launched these new feeds. We’re experiemnting with
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minnpost: BUY NOW: The Derek Wallbank Bipartisan Tie I sat across from Derek Wallbank at work today, which is unique because he is usually working in Washington DC reporting as MinnPost’s DC correspondent. He’s in town this week to interview Al Franken at the State Fair on Sunday August 29th. Anyway, I looked and declared, “You
adambez: iteeth: We definitely could use a bike-awareness campaign like LA’s, which reminds motorists to give cyclists three feet of clearance, in downtown Minneapolis. Love this idea. When I was on a bike tour in rural Ireland – where the streets not only have no bike lanes, but don’t really have enough room for two