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Minnesota Public Radio for mobile devices

Minnesota Public Radio for mobile devices

Get the MPR News and MPR streaming apps for your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android mobile device.
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Anatomy of the MPR Newsroom

Anatomy of the MPR Newsroom

The Minnesota Public Radio Newsroom

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The big stories of 2013

The big stories of 2013

This week on the Friday Roundtable, our panelists will discuss the big stories of 2013, the overlooked stories, and how the changing media landscape is shaping the way news is covered and consumed.

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A conversation with the Star Tribune's new editor

A conversation with the Star Tribune's new editor

The Star Tribune has a new editor. Just three weeks after Nancy Barnes left Minnesota's biggest newsroom, the paper promoted managing editor Rene Sanchez to the top editorial spot.
by Tom Crann

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Star Tribune editor Barnes looks ahead to what's next in Texas

Star Tribune editor Barnes looks ahead to what's next in Texas

Nancy Barnes has been editor of the Star Tribune for six years. This week, she introduced herself to the staff of the Houston Chronicle, where she will take over as editor and executive vice president next month. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Nancy Barnes.

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NBC re-airing Martin Luther King Jr. interview

NBC News says it will rebroadcast a 1963 "Meet the Press" interview with Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of the March on Washington's 50th anniversary next week.

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Sale of Post and Globe signals new era in media ownership

Sale of Post and Globe signals new era in media ownership

The recent sale of the Boston Globe and the Washington Post, both to businessmen who are billionaires, signals a new era in media ownership. The two will take control of properties that are part of an industry in turmoil.

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Bezos promises change and experimentation at Washington Post

Bezos promises change and experimentation at Washington Post

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post for $250 million on Monday, ending the four-generation reign of the Graham family. As the traditional newspaper industry is undergoing steep declines in revenues and readership, the Associated Press zeroed in on the burning question: What happens now?

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Teachers say digital technology helps and hurts student writing

Teachers say digital technology helps and hurts student writing

The Pew Center's Internet and American Life Project recently surveyed nearly 2,500 middle and high school teachers across the country about the writing habits of students.
by Tim Post

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Helen Thomas, long dean of White House press, dies at 92

Helen Thomas, long dean of White House press, dies at 92

Long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas, who covered every president from Eisenhower to Obama, has died at age 92, according to The Gridiron Club & Foundation. Thomas, who spent much of her career at United Press International before switching in her last decade in journalism to Heart Newspapers as a columnist, died Saturday morning at her Washington apartment after a long illness.

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