Paul Demko

The state House of Representatives still excludes online media outlets from getting access to the House floor. But at noon today, that policy was scheduled to get a hearing, as online journalists were to testify before the Minnesota House rules committee to lobby for a change of policy.

Doing online journalism on a shoestring budget means borrowing, buying and shooting our own photographs. With high-profile events in the Twin Cities this year, from the September Rage Against the Machine Concert in Minneapolis and RNC events in St. Paul to a particularly exciting election day, we hired some freelancers and fired up our own cameras, capturing some memorable and — dare we say — historic images.

In tonight’s inaugural episode of “Declaring Independence,” a Michigan radio show hosted by Michigan Messenger reporter Ed Brayton (pictured at left), MnIndy’s Paul Demko will discuss the latest developments in Minnesota’s statewide recount — and the historic Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman. The show streams live only every Thursday from 6-7 pm CST on Grand Rapids’ Public Reality Radio, and will be available as a podcast following each edition. Listen here.

This morning, Minnesota Independent political reporter Paul Demko appeared via Skype on Amy Goodman’s radio and TV show Democracy Now to discuss the recount in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race.The independent news site is closely watching the battle between Al Franken and Norm Coleman as one of three still-up-in-the-air races that, if won, could garner the Democratic party a filibuster-proof, 60-seat “super-majority” in the Senate.

Watch or listen to it. (Fastforward to 38:35)

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.

I will be heading to Denver on Sunday afternoon for the Democratic National Convention. Throughout the week I’ll be providing coverage of the main event, along with the scores of protests, forums and cultural events slated to take place all around the Mile High City. I’ve got credentials for the big shows at Pepsi Center [...]

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 won numerous awards for his writing — including a Frank Premack Award, an SPJ first place in [...]