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Minnesota Monitor: May 5

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.05.07 | 10:07 am

Sister to the South: Minnesota Monitor’s family just got bigger: the Center for Independent Media launched the online news magazine Iowa Independent last week. Like Minnesota Monitor and Colorado Confidential, the Iowa site has hired a slate of…

Who Owns the J-Word? Videoblogger’s Jailing Raises Questions for Journalists

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.08.07 | 1:28 pm

Ever since Josh Wolf landed in jail in August 2006, a debate has raged about his job title. Is Wolf — the 24-year-old freelance videographer, blogger, and activist who was jailed for refusing to…