Washington Post, Star Tribune Credit Black on Paulose Scoop

Minnesota Monitor reporter Eric Black’s scoop about a federal investigation into US Attorney Rachel Paulose spread across the blogosphere and the mainstream media last week. The Sunday edition of the Washington Post covered the investigation, crediting Black for the story, and a columnist at his former employer, the Star Tribune, took notice as well. Tim O’Brien’s Bloghouse included this hat tip:

Former Strib scribe Eric Black doesn’t need a newspaper to produce scoops that send the rest of the state’s newsrooms scrambling. Case in point: On his website, Eric Black Ink, Black broke the story that Minnesota’s U.S. attorney, Rachel Paulose, was under investigation by the Office of Special Counsel because she allegedly “mishandled classified information, decided to fire the subordinate who called it to her attention, retaliated against others in the office who crossed her, and made racist remarks about one employee.”