Editor & Publisher

Here’s a nice break from gloom-and-doom stories about the demise of journalism: rare praise for a daily newspaper — specifically, our own Star Tribune. And I concur.

With finalists for the Pulitzer Prizes being announced today, local contenders MnIndy and MinnPost wait with bated breath. And the weekly American Jewish World, hit by the downturn in print news advertising, switches to biweekly production. This and more inside.

Who’s to blame? As Eric Black writes, blame is the game on both sides of the aisle as Republicans accuse Democrats of politicizing the 35W collapse. Star Tribune columnist Nick Coleman’s comments generated the most heat. “Both political parties have tried to govern on the cheap,” he wrote, “and both have dithered and dallied and [...]