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MinnPost
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TypeNonprofit online newspaper
FounderTemplate:Pluralize from textJoel Kramer
Laurie Kramer
EditorAndrew Putz
Managing editor
Harry Colbert Jr.
News editor
Tom Nehil
Staff writers

Eric Black
Peter Callaghan
Solomon Gustavo
Greta Kaul
Walker Orenstein
Founded2007; 19 years ago (2007)
HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
OCLC number191956532
Websiteminnpost.com

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MinnPost is a nonprofit online newspaper in Minneapolis, founded in 2007, with a focus on Minnesota news.[1]

Content and format

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]

Organization

MinnPostTemplate:'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]

Personnel

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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former 'Star Tribune' Publisher Launches Major Site for Twin Cities". Editor & Publisher. August 27, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Edmonds, Rick (August 29, 2007). "Old Media Meets New In Minnesota". Poynter Institute. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McKinney, Matt (August 27, 2007). "Former Star Tribune publisher to launch online news site". Star Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kramer, Joel (July 28, 2008). "Note to readers: MinnPost.com expands coverage". MinnPost. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baxter, Annie (June 6, 2007). "Newspaper cuts show increasing power of online alternatives". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wyant, Carissa (August 27, 2007). "Cowles, Lynch back Web daily venture". Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved August 27, 2007.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kramer, Laurie; Kramer, Joel (October 18, 2016). "Passing the torch at MinnPost". MinnPost.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kramer, Joel (April 25, 2014). "Andrew Wallmeyer named publisher of MinnPost". MinnPost. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Leadership transition at MinnPost". MinnPost. July 24, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Susan Albright retires from MinnPost; 'The Alpinist' may trigger your acrophobia". MinnPost. September 8, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MinnPost names Harry Colbert, Jr. as managing editor". MinnPost. December 9, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kramer, Joel (June 10, 2014). "Andrew Putz named executive editor of MinnPost". MinnPost.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our Staff". MinnPost. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Colbert Jr., Harry (May 13, 2022). "MinnPost welcomes Ana Radelat, D.C. correspondent". MinnPost. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

Further reading

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