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Trust in local news stays high, but self-censorship is part of the equation

by Alexander Uggla | Mar 22, 2023 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism

Local news outlets remain an integral part of small American societies. But when the news stories become too sensitive, reporters have to leave out...

Minnesota: Big on voting turnout and on paper ballots

by Milena Kirova | Mar 22, 2023 | Democracy, Politics

Stolen, forged, falsified - these are the words heard in many countries around the world, in talk about elections. In September CNN reported that...

Coping with PTSD as a journalist in an unrelenting news cycle

by Bridget Rollason | Mar 20, 2023 | Police & Community Tensions, Politics

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

by Piyumi Fonseka | Mar 19, 2023 | International Health, Politics

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.