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Media Monitor: Is Martha Stewart eyeing Darwin’s twineball?

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.04.09 | 5:21 pm

Word is Martha Stewart is calling up the Twine Museum in Darwin, Minn., to express interest in our fair state’s world-record, 9-ton twineball. Plus, Power Line swipes Tomorrow, a graphic designer visually rebuts GOP “obfuscation,” and more.

Christ on a cat: Jesus makes the evening news

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.10.09 | 1:19 pm

Grilled cheese sandwiches, a Cheetoh, toast, tree bark, ice, a Danish, pancakes, fish sticks, an ultrasound: These are just a few of the countless places the image of Jesus has been spotted. And according to this video

RNC policing: Would the real journalist please stand up?

By Anna Pratt | 09.25.08 | 10:17 am

A forum held by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in Minneapolis this week centered on the relationship between law enforcement and the media at the Republican National Convention (RNC) and indicated the extent to which journalism is evolving.

Strib Editorials to Go Local, Editor Departs

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.26.07 | 4:58 pm

Strib editorial page editor out: In a letter to staff, interim Star Tribune publisher Chris Harte on Wednesday announced that Susan Albright, editorial page editor for nearly 15 years, will be stepping down following a difference of opinion about

Media Monitor: May 25

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.25.07 | 8:07 am

The impertinence of tenacious journalism:  When U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Rachel Paulose stepped up to the podium on Monday for a press conference about the recent prostitution busts in the Twin Cities and Austin, Minn., she laid out her…