Category Archives: Journalism

Portrait of the Week: Steve Kaplan

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Portrait of the Day: Blois Olson

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Photo of the Day: Kris Jacobs

This photo of Jobs Now Coalition Executive Director Kris Jacobs was taken during an interview on Dec. 31. I’m only now getting around to writing up the story. Look for it in an upcoming edition of Capitol Report—that is, if … Continue reading

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The Featherly-Nelson Herald Tribune

Access the full PDF here. Page one. The full PDF. Unfortunately, I can’t figure out how to make it display here correctly. Sorry. The center spread should run as an unbroken two-pager. The link above carries you to another page … Continue reading

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Election Night 2012, A Visual Record

I went to the DFL election party in St. Paul, Minn., not really as a working journalist, but just to take it all in and snap a few photos. I ended up shooting more than 400. I learned something important. … Continue reading

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Video of the Day: House Fire!

A house fire on the 9600 block of Chicago Ave. S. did significant damage to at least the garage and a vehicle inside it around 3 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2012. I ran outside–in my “pajamas,” as one onlooker exclaimed … Continue reading

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Fox & Friends Launches ‘Biased Polling’ Psy-ops Campaign

You almost have to feel a little sorry for the trio of hosts on “Fox and Friends.” They’re just kinda too dumb to fully know what they are saying. Today they launched a weak little psy-ops campaign trying to get … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day

On assignment for Capitol Report today at the University of Minnesota, I bumped into former WCCO-TV news anchor–and my former co-worker–Don Shelby. Don was good enough to let me snap a few pictures. Here is the best of a small … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day

My good friend Adam Wahlberg and I sat together today for lunch at Kieran’s Irish Pub in downtown Minneapolis, where I snapped this image. Sure love that my camera can handle low-light settings. It was great to see him. Best … Continue reading

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Fare Unbalanced

Jon Stewart last week noticed a few discrepancies in the way Fox News approached the RNC, versus the emphases it homed in on during the DNC. You know, like how Brit Hume loved the data-filled speech of Paul Ryan (somehow … Continue reading

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