Ode to Nelson: When City Pages’ film editor Rob Nelson’s job was nixed, his editor, Kevin Hoffman, explained the move to staff in an email consisting of about 25 words. When I emailed him for details, Hoffman’s reply was equally as brief, and when I called up Nelson yesterday, he was tight-lipped. So it’s a relief that someone — City Pages’ Peter Scholtes — is publicly recognizing the loss of Nelson’s job.  He acknowledges Nelson’s role as founder of the now-defunct Get Real documentary film festival, his work compiling “one of the most exhaustive databases of film reviews available online,” and his status, as one commenter puts it, as “a volcanic force for the good of film in this city.” Via Taylor Carik, who picks his favorite Nelson passage.

MinnPost staffs up… MinnPost.com just picked up two impressive staffers: longtime Stribber and Pulitzer finalist Sharon Schmickle and former City Pages’ writer Brit Robson. For a discussion on the state of online media in the Twin Cities, including a progress report on projects by Kramer and by former City Pages editor Steve Perry on his new hybrid community/news site, watch Friday night’s edition of Almanac on TPT. Ed. note: Tonight’s Almanac also includes Minnesota Monitor’s obviously modest media reporter Paul Schmelzer.

…But techs down? Ed Kohler’s critiques of MinnPost’s announcement site and functionality, while admittedly “picky,” raise “legitimate concerns about their understanding of web technologies and the role of blogging in online journalism.”

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