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The Semantics of Border Crossing — and Journalists’ Politics

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.22.07 | 8:13 am

The semantics of border crossing: Despite years of debate about the use of the term “illegals” to describe people the National Association of Hispanic Journalists prefers to call “undocumented immigrants,” the Star Tribune ran a story on Wednesday…

Stirring Stories as Stribbers Depart

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.11.07 | 10:55 am

First-person tense: Here and elsewhere, you’ve heard a lot about the tensions at the Star Tribune in the words of those who are losing their jobs. So, as Strib buyout takers enter their final week, it’s refreshing to hear from…

Media Monitor: May 23

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.23.07 | 9:53 am

Strib, then and now: “Then: national news. Now: guns and babies.” That’s how Tim Girhing summed up a comparison of five days’ worth of Star Tribune front pages with those printed on the same