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MinnPost.com also known as MinnPost is a non-profit news website in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a focus on Minnesota news. Its mission is "to provide high-quality journalism for news-intense people who care about Minnesota."According to its website, "MinnPost.com provides news and analysis Monday through Friday, based on reporting by professional journalists, most of whom have decades of experience in the Twin Cities media. The site features video and audio as well as written stories. It also includes commentary pieces from the community, and comments from readers on individual stories. The site does not endorse candidates for office or publish unsigned editorials representing an institutional position.
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ProPublica: Why we use Creative Commons licenses on our stories
One of the most prominent journalistic producers of CC’d content is the nonprofit ProPublica, which releases nearly all of its work under a Creative Commons license. With CC’s 10th birthday upon us this month, we asked Richard Tofel and Scott Klein — ProPublica’s general manager and editor of news applications, respectively — to tell us what allowing their work to be shared so broadly has meant for the organization.
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Jose Antonio Vargas arrested for driving without a valid license
MinnPost Journalist turned immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas was arrested Friday in Minnesota for driving without a valid license. The offense typically leads to a citation, rather than an arrest, reports Beth Hawkins for MinnPost, so it’s unclear why Vargas… Read more.
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NPR, other news orgs tighten comment moderation to improve conversation
NPR. org | MinnPost | Charleston Gazette | Vancouver Sun | MarketWatch NPR switched its user commenting to the Disqus platform this week, and is increasing its moderation efforts in response to user demand.
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Come work for Nieman Lab
We’re looking for someone to join us in our cozy little Harvard newsroom. Specifically, we have an opening for a staff writer here at the Nieman Journalism Lab. You can see the job posting here.
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How Co-Publishing Helped Spread News21 Investigation into Voter Fraud
It used to be taboo for one media organization to publish another's investigation. Issues of trust, pride and reputation can still cause some news executives pause. But in many newsrooms, the prohibition against co-publishing is waning, if not dead.
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Dan Kennedy: How news executives can fend off the Wolff at their door
Facebook’s disappointing IPO may be indicative of a larger problem: the declining value of online advertising, an inexorable force that will eventually destroy not just Facebook, but the web itself.
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Simon Rogers: ‘Data journalism is the new punk’
Guardian Simon Rogers is testing a new metaphor: Data journalism is like punk music — anyone can do it. Punk music signified a “DIY ethos,” he writes, “encouraging kids in the suburbs to take up instruments, with little or no musical… Read more.
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MinnPost tracks new (and stalled) laws with Bill Explorer
Politics often gets framed in sports metaphors. For journalists, maybe that means it’s worth thinking about the merits of a good scoreboard — or, in newspaper terms, maybe the agate page from the sports section, a single place to check up on the progress of all your favorite players and games.
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The newsonomics of Pricing 101
When the price of your digital product is zero, that’s about how much you learn about customer pricing. Now, both the pricing and the learning is on the upswing.
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Amid Newspaper Industry Woes, Stadium Deal Could Help Star Tribune
Movie theaters don’t make money on the movies – they make money on the popcorn. And the Star Tribune could get a financial shot in the arm not from selling ads, but from selling land. The still-unfinished deal for a new Minnesota. . .
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