Endorsing conventions are an important time for political parties to showcase political candidates to both the party base and the community at large, which makes the ban on audio and video recording during Minnesota’s 6th…
The cadre of bloggers that follow Rep. Michele Bachmann’s every move are often the source for news stories about Bachmann, but rarely get some credit. The St. Croix Valley Press, a small newspaper in the eastern Twin Cities exurbs, has…
The propaganda potential of blogs — noted by former Bush adviser Dan Bartlett, who said many conservative sites “regurgitate exactly” what the administration tells them — isn’t lost on the U.S. government: in…
I’m one of the pokier bloggers on the block, so I read with a dash of glee last month when New York Times reporter/blogger Andrew Revkin pondered whether now might be the time to consider a “slow blog”…
“Ahem! So bloggers don’t count!” So said Amy Jussel, after learning that “Target does not participate with nontraditional media outlets,” including her Shaping Youth blog. While the flap over a Target billboard she felt…
This Target billboard, spotted by a Flickr user in Times Square, seems to have completely missed its mark with some marketing watchdogs. Amy Jussel, founder of Shaping Youth, an organization that looks into the…
A fire in northern Minnesota continues to rage, threatening homes, businesses and wildlife throughout the Gunflint Trail. The fire is to date only 5 percent contained and has already claimed 40 buildings. Another 90 buildings are potentially threatened.
As the…
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