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 News Service Director Dan Wolter, whom I quoted for my post on Kaler's housecleaning of the President's Office,

He apparently has a job at Pfizer, the large pharmaceutical company.

It'll be interesting to see how this -- along with 

the December resignation of VP for University Relations Karen Himle

 and entrance of Eric Kaler as president -- affects transparency and media relations at the U. Wolter's pioneering of social media has been quite useful, and I've enjoyed working with him on a number of stories I've covered this first year on the job.

But I have to say that on a few too many occasions, his office and the U have been stingier or slower with information than practically any other bureaucracy I've covered.

Read my accounts -- or practically any (especially early) accounts of the

and conflicting "official" stories coming out of the administration created a 

The issue is undoubtedly bigger than just one man, so I don't mean to pick on him. And I wish Wolter the best at Pfizer. But I also (probably naively) hope that in these days of increased scrutiny -- by both the news media and the legislature -- the U becomes a bit more transparent.

Alex Friedrich

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Looks like University of Minnesota News Service Director Dan Wolter, whom I quoted for my post on Kaler’s housecleaning of the President’s Office, will be leaving Friday as well, the Minnesota Daily reports. He apparently has a job at Pfizer, the large pharmaceutical company. It’ll be interesting to see how this — along with the…

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