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Wisconsin jury awards $450,000 in Sandy Hook defamation case

A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist writers who claimed the massacre never happened.
by The Associated Press

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Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show

Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show

Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service.
by The Associated Press

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Veteran television newsman Sander Vanocur dies at 91

Veteran television newsman Sander Vanocur dies at 91

Sander Vanocur, a television newsman who for decades covered momentous events from political campaigns to assassinations, the Vietnam War to the civil rights movement, has died, his son said Tuesday.
by The Associated Press

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Native American journalists make up fewer than 1 percent of newsroom employees

Native American journalists from around the country gathered in the Twin Cities this week for a national conference. Two indigenous journalists joined the program to talk about how Native American issues are portrayed by the mainstream media.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Nation's largest Hispanic journalist group drops sponsorship by Fox News

Nation's largest Hispanic journalist group drops sponsorship by Fox News

The conservative network ignored the Hispanic journalists group's concerns about its immigration coverage, NAHJ says. The break came when a Fox pundit compared migrants with Nazis who invaded Europe.
by Richard Gonzales

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A dead cat, a lawyer's call and a 5-figure donation: How media fell short on Epstein

A dead cat, a lawyer's call and a 5-figure donation: How media fell short on Epstein

Why did it take some of the nation's biggest news organizations so long to take seriously the accusations against the late Jeffrey Epstein? Allegations about his behavior go back more than a decade.
by David Folkenflik

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Morning show host Brian Oake departs The Current

Morning show host Brian Oake departs The Current

A Minnesota Public Radio spokesperson did not give a reason for Oake’s departure, nor say whether he left voluntarily or was fired.
by Cody Nelson and Nina Moini

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Inside Sahan Journal with Mukhtar Ibrahim

Inside Sahan Journal with Mukhtar Ibrahim

According to its founder, Mukhtar Ibrahim, Sahan Journal is the only nonprofit organization dedicated to providing authentic news reporting for and about immigrants and refugees in Minnesota.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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