Our last batch of stickers had a few misprints, so we decided to get creative.
Have a great weekend; we hope we’ll see you tonight at MinnRoast!
I posted this a couple of years and have been trying to find the whole thing in its entirety. Alas, the Strib 404’d the whole comic book. But all I have are the memories of orgasmic excitement when I found this. And this cover.
Amazing. We kind of want to make a MinnPost comic.
I’ve got to put Jesus, a gay dinosaur and puppy into a lead about newspapers to hold their attention.
Launching the Minnesota Legislative Bill Tracker - from Source: An OpenNews project
Feeling some data journalism warm fuzzies over here thanks to the fine folks at Source, who spoke with us about how we built our legislative bill tracker.
MinnPost’s latest donor, Garrison Keillor
When asked why he decided to support us, he sent this note:
Guilt, pure plain guilt. I read MinnPost every day, especially the roundups of Minnesota news in The Glean and Greater Minnesota and Minnesota Blog Cabin. I am, for now, completely burnt out on politics and just want to read about real lives up here in the Snow Belt. Just finished a terrific book, BOOTSTRAPPERS by Mardi Link, about a single mom in Upper Michigan trying to raise three boys on a farm. No idea whatsoever what her politics might be, but it was a gripping story. So I skip the Michele Bachmann stories and Senator Klobuchar’s interest in a presidential run and zero in on People Dealing With Real Stuff.
Swoon. (Read more: Garrison Keillor becomes a MinnPost donor)
Former Congressman Martin Olav Sabo popped up in the news recently as co-chair of the Minnesota branch of the national Campaign to Fix the Debt. His co-chairs? Former Congressman Tim Penny and former U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz.
According to the shallowest kind of ideological and partisan stereotypes, Sabo might appear to be the outlier here.
We’re getting ready for MinnPost’s Fifth Anniversary Party on Monday, Nov. 12. Which means we’re collecting all sorts of fun auction items at the office. These may or may not make it to the party…
Won’t you join us in celebrating?
HUZZAH!
High-quality journalism isn’t cheap — join MinnPost as a sustaining member now! The first 15 new sustainers get a pair of tickets to the 2012 Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Mmmm…. 20-pound turkey leg…
Tom Nehil enjoying a very foamy cappuccino from Espresso Milano’s in Midland, MI. (Perfect t-shirt accompaniment!)
MinnPost’s web producer hits the big time.
Here’s a short taste of the upcoming MinnRoast. For the uninitiated, MinnRoast is our annual fundraiser that (gently) pokes fun at the politics and politicians in Minnesota. This is our 5th year producing the show, and we think it’ll be the best one yet.
Knight News Challenge: Simple Dataset Syndication (SDS)
We’re passionate about making data easier to find and more transparent, hence our submission to the News Challenge.
1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]
Create a simple distribution protocol for linked datasets, based on community-driven semantic standards, to promote transparency and journalistic attribution for data.
2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30…
Just two more days of Tumblin’ through our Spring 2012 Membership Drive. Thanks for your patience, thanks for reading MinnPost, and thanks for supporting high-quality journalism by becoming a member!
“This state is one of the models because of so many of the things you all are doing,” Michelle Obama said to the table of participants. “And I want to make sure that the rest of the nation understands how you work as a state, how your organizations come together, the needs of our military families and how organizations can serve them.”
Read more at “Visiting Michelle Obama praises Minnesota’s community programs for military families” by James Nord
