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Trust in local news stays high, but self-censorship is part of the equation
Local news outlets remain an integral part of small American societies. But when the news stories become too sensitive, reporters have to leave out some information out of respect for the community. In Grand Marais, a tiny community of 1,400 inhabitants in north...
Minnesota: Big on voting turnout and on paper ballots
Stolen, forged, falsified - these are the words heard in many countries around the world, in talk about elections. In September CNN reported that аuthorities in Michigan were investigating how a missing voting machine from the state wound up for sale on eBay for...
Coping with PTSD as a journalist in an unrelenting news cycle
Sarah Thamer was reporting live on TV when someone tried to run her over with their car,
while covering the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Milwaukee in 2020.
Abortion debate in the eyes of an abortion clinic escort in Minnesota
In 1969, when Jane* was in college, her roommate Camila* became pregnant. Camila’s boyfriend, also a university student, made the decision for her that she should terminate the pregnancy.
“He found someone, in a back alley in Minneapolis, a person known to perform illegal abortions,” said 71-year-old Jane, who is currently volunteering as a security escort at a health clinic in St. Paul, Minn.