Media

February 17, 2021 7:54 AM

Minneapolis native joins Washington Post to focus on sports investigations

Molly Hensley-Clancy was previously a national political reporter for BuzzFeed, and will bring that critical eye to the world of sports administration.

by Cathy Wurzer

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

February 9, 2021 5:05 PM

8-year-old calls out All Things Considered for lack of dinosaur stories

Eight-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis wrote us a letter asking this question: How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs?

by Mary Louise Kelly

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

January 28, 2021 6:13 PM

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96.

by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

January 20, 2021 1:06 PM

On Inauguration Day, transfer of power includes handover of Twitter accounts

The Biden-Harris administration is inheriting a slew of institutional Twitter accounts, including @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec and a brand-new one: @SecondGentleman.

by Rachel Treisman

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

January 12, 2021 8:35 AM

Public radio stations rebuke NY Times for ethical lapses over correcting Caliphate

In fresh fallout over the collapse of the Caliphate podcast series, executives at 20 influential public radio stations rebuke The New York Times for perceived ethical failings.

by David Folkenflik

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

January 7, 2021 4:41 PM

Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies

Neil Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the war, has died. He was 84.

by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

January 6, 2021 6:53 PM

Amid violence, Trump says, 'Remember this day forever'

President Donald Trump appears to be excusing the violent occupation of the U.S. Capitol by supporters who disrupted the formalization of his electoral defeat. Facebook and Twitter have removed a short video of Trump where he is urging his supporters at the Capitol to “go home” while at the same time keeping up false attacks about the presidential election.

by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

December 29, 2020 1:14 PM

MPR News reporters reflect on covering a pandemic

The pandemic presented a range of challenges for journalists in 2020. Guest host and reporter Brandt Williams talks with several fellow MPR News reporters who reported on various aspects of the pandemic and take your suggestions for what stories we should cover in the new year.

by Brandt Williams and Katie Moritz

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

December 24, 2020 9:15 AM

Host of The Daily clouds NY Times' effort to restore trust after Caliphate

The New York Times issued a big mea culpa, and returned a Peabody award and a citation as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize after retracting the core of its hit podcast series Caliphate.

by David Folkenflik