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Saberi art show coincides with Clinton’s visit to North Korea on behalf of jailed reporters

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.04.09 | 10:51 am

saberi21Update: CNN confirms that North Korea has released and pardoned journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
As a Fargo artist renders one local symbol of press freedom in stencils — journalist Roxana Saberi, who was accused of…

Media Monitor: Q is for ‘question’ in MPR’s new brand

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.25.09 | 10:14 am

Minnesota Public Radio rolls out its new integrated news page under the MPRnewsQ brand, prompting questions about the “Q.” Former KARE anchor Rick Kupchella launches a healthcare reform PR project, with a key Republican as his partner. And Fargo’s Roxana Saberi calls for the release of her former cellmate in Iran.

Media Monitor: Seeing double on daily covers

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.23.09 | 11:40 am

Identical shots of Sunday’s implosion of Minneapolis’ Lowry Avenue bridge grace the covers of both dailies… just a day before both papers run the same New York Times story on Iran on their covers. Plus, Fargo’s Roxana Saberi inks a book deal, and the Examiner(s) examined, inside.

Freed Fargo reporter honored as two others face 12 years in Korean labor camp

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.08.09 | 4:55 pm

picture-61As Fargo-born reporter Roxana Saberi — freed last month from an Iranian jail — receives the Medill Medal for Courage from Northwestern University, a pair of

Breaking: Saberi freed from Iran jail

By Chris Steller | 05.11.09 | 6:42 am

saberiFargo-born journalist Roxana Saberi’s release from an Iranian prison is imminent, according to an official cited this morning in a report by Reuters. UPDATE: Her lawyer says she is “now out of jail.” Sen. Amy Klobuchar says:…

Fargo journalist hospitalized from Iran hunger strike

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.04.09 | 9:11 am

picture-2She was supposed to be in Minnesota this weekend giving the commencement address at her alma mater, but instead journalist Roxana Saberi was hospitalized in Tehran after two weeks on a hunger strike, according to…

Jailed Fargo reporter loses 10 pounds in Iran hunger strike

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.28.09 | 4:25 pm

picture-8One week into her hunger strike, jailed American journalist and Fargo native Roxana Saberi is growing weak, according to her parents. Detained in January in Iran and sentenced to eight years for spying, Saberi has lost 10

Media Monitor: Pulitzer finalists announced today, big changes at Jewish paper

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.20.09 | 9:16 am

With finalists for the Pulitzer Prizes being announced today, local contenders MnIndy and MinnPost wait with bated breath. And the weekly American Jewish World, hit by the downturn in print news advertising, switches to biweekly production. This and more inside.