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RexSpeak: MNspeak’s Founder Discusses Buzz.mn, Lileks, and the Future of Citizen Journalism

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.20.07 | 11:02 am

When it comes to harrowing feats, Rex Sorgatz — whose escape from his burning building in a fire that followed the Grand Forks flood was chronicled in a 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning news story…

Media Monitor: May 10

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.10.07 | 8:04 am

Strib Websearch to log off: As more than 200 employees plan a 4:30 p.m. Thursday demonstration outside the Star Tribune’s  offices to “protest the dismantling of a once-great newspaper,” news of another column’s demise is reported by a newsroom…

Lileks Loses Star Tribune Column

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.07.07 | 8:17 am

On his personal blog, the Star Tribune’s James Lileks announced he’s losing his column, “The Daily Quirk.”

[T]hey’ve killed my column, and assigned me to write straight local news stories. Really.”

On Friday, Lileks confirmed that he