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On the ground at the Obama rally

By Robin Marty | 06.03.08 | 7:49 pm

MinMon’s Tom Elko shot photos at the Obama rally in St. Paul, while Molly Priesmeyer and Paul Schmelzer tweeted the proceedings.

Update: Read a transcript of Obama’s historic speech.

Media Monitor: Strained economic forecasts, Twitter’s power and non-combat fatalities

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.18.08 | 10:51 am

Bellwetherman? In an email Thursday about its campaign opposing the governor’s bonding bill vetoes, the Alliance for a Better Minnesota used a bizarre example as proof of an ailing economy’s effect on working Minnesotans: the firing…

Obama is bigger than Jesus… on Twitter

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.07.08 | 11:03 am

Perhaps it’s not news that many tech-savvy people seem to like Barack Obama, but it’s worth noting that the presidential candidate is not only bigger than Jesus Christ (or a parody thereof) on Twitter, but he…

Strib leads print newspapers in Twitter use, but not followers

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.07.08 | 10:23 am

Kudos to the Star Tribune for sending out “tweets” of its headlines using the microblogging tool Twitter, as it appears to be one of the industry’s earlier adopters of the technology.…

A few who tweet

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.14.08 | 1:05 pm

I’ve already received some responses to my post about politicos and media folks who use the”microblogging” tool Twitter. It’s no surprise that WCCO’s Jason de Rusha tweets, and he points out that