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| Type | Nonprofit online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Joel Kramer Laurie Kramer |
| Editor | Andrew Putz |
| Managing editor | Harry Colbert Jr. |
| News editor | Tom Nehil |
| Staff writers | Eric Black Peter Callaghan Solomon Gustavo Greta Kaul Walker Orenstein |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| OCLC number | 191956532 |
| Website | minnpost |
MinnPost is a nonprofit online newspaper in Minneapolis, founded in 2007, with a focus on Minnesota news. [1]
The site does not endorse candidates for office or publish unsigned editorials representing an institutional position. MinnPost encourages broad-ranging, civil discussion from many points of view, subject to the discretion of a moderator.
Content is "politics, government, science, health, culture" and other subjects including the environment, education and the arts. The non-profit model was estimated to save MinnPost about 15% of a traditional newspaper's outlays. [2] The format takes its shape from online newspapers. At first, MinnPost published a print version of about eight pages at the lunch hour to high traffic locations. [3] The print on demand model and print version was discontinued during the newspaper's first year. [4]
The organization is part of a much-discussed trend away from print toward online media. Quoted by Minnesota Public Radio News , Laurie Schwab, executive director of the Online News Association, said in June 2007, 45 percent of the association's 1,100 members "started working at print publications and migrated online". [5]
MinnPost's initial funding of $850,000 came from four families: John and Sage Cowles, Lee Lynch and Terry Saario, Joel and Laurie Kramer, and David and Vicki Cox. [6]
The founding CEO and editor of MinnPost, Joel Kramer, retired in October 2016. [7] On May 1, 2014, Andrew Wallmeyer joined the staff as publisher, reporting to Kramer. [8] Wallmeyer was CEO until 2020, when Tanner Curl was named MinnPost's executive director. [9] Susan Albright was managing editor until retiring in 2021. [10] Harry Colbert, Jr., previously of North News and Insight News, was named as the new managing editor. [11]
Andy Putz is MinnPost's editor. [12] Other news staff include Susan Albright (managing editor), Corey Anderson (web editor), Tom Nehil (news editor), and about 25 journalists. [13]
According to Editor & Publisher , opinion pieces—called Community Voices—are signed and nonpartisan. [1] MinnPost has a news bureau in Washington, D.C. [14] [ better source needed ]
