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Paul Demko to join Minnesota Monitor

By Steve Perry | 04.14.08 | 2:03 pm

We’re happy to announce that Paul Demko will be joining the staff of Minnesota Monitor on April 28 as the site’s new senior political writer. A staff writer at City Pages for the past eight years, Demko has…

MinnMon’s Birkey a Finalist in the 2007 Online Journalism Awards

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.12.07 | 6:57 pm


Of 712 English-language entries submitted from around the world, Andy Birkey‘s reporting for Minnesota Monitor has been selected among the 70 finalists of the 2007 Online Journalism Awards. In the running for best beat…

The Shift to Online News

By Robin Marty | 06.07.07 | 6:36 am

In the wake of the layoffs at the Star Tribune and the migration of well-known names to online-only news sites, Minnesota Public Radio takes a fresh look at the face of online news.

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Big Question Answered: Strib’s Eric Black to Join Minnesota Monitor and Start a Blog

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.05.07 | 7:00 am

Just days after he announced he’ll be taking a Star Tribune buyout, veteran reporter and blogger Eric Black can answer a big question about his future — what he’ll be doing next. He’s been…

Deport the Messenger!

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.17.07 | 5:33 pm

The Star Tribune’s Dick Meryhew wrote a long piece about the lawsuit filed last week by the so-called “flying imams,” the Muslim leaders who were pulled from their November US Airways flight for what passengers and airport officials considered…

Who Am I? Why Am I Here?

By Jeff Fecke | 02.26.07 | 9:49 am

I remember it like it was yesterday. It was July  2006.  I was sitting at my desk, blogging about something tremendously important — I think it was the arm-wrestling match-up between Michael Brodkorb…

Abdi Aynte on Fox 9 News

By Robin Marty | 01.04.07 | 10:04 pm

Abdi Aynte was on Fox 9 News today discussing Congressman Keith Ellison (MN 5) and his swearing in ceremony. 

Minnesota Monitor Cited in Pioneer Press and Star Tribune

By Robin Marty | 11.30.06 | 10:48 pm

Today, Minnesota Monitor and reporter Abdi Aynte were cited in the articles “Lawmaker intends to take oath of office on Quran” and “