Q&A with Ruben Rosario, award-winning columnist for the Pioneer Press Recently, Goff Public interviewed Ruben Rosario, the popular columnist for the Pioneer Press.  Since starting his column 16 years ago, Ruben has written thousands of memorable stories about remarkable Minnesotans – including himself. Tell us about your career prior to arriving at the Pioneer Press. [...]

The next time you sift through your community’s newspaper, pay careful attention to the byline.  If it says, “Murphy News Service” (MNS), the article was written by a student at the University of Minnesota.  The one-year-old program allows students enrolled in journalism classes to write stories for newspapers around Minnesota. The concept of students providing [...]

Q & A with Jane McClure, a Saint Paul Staple Recently, Goff Public talked with Jane McClure, who has been a print reporter in Saint Paul for the last 25 years.  Currently, she writes for Access Press, a disability newspaper in Minnesota, the Monitor, which serves Saint Paul’s Midway, Como and North End neighborhoods, and [...]

From local news outlets using Pinterest to an unexpected new media darling, here are some of the stories behind the stories that captured our attention this month. Clear Channel discontinues “total traffic” reports Twin Cities drivers may be surprised when they don’t hear Kirsten Klein’s friendly voice giving the metro traffic report during their morning [...]

Whitney Houston’s death, the threat of snow, and redistricting topped the headlines this month.  Below are the stories behind the stories. Twitter breaks news Whitney Houston’s tragic death on February 11 shocked the nation.  Notably, news of her death was first reported on Twitter by a niece of one of Houston’s staff, 27 minutes before [...]

January 2012 will go down in the books as one of the mildest Minnesota Januarys in recent memory.  But around the water cooler, people in the Twin Cities were buzzing about much more than just the weather.  From a half-submerged Target semi-truck to Red Bull Crashed Ice, below are some of the stories behind the [...]

It’s okay for reporters to have opinions.  But to voice them while covering a story is a big no-no.  While covering Occupy Portland, KPTV reporter Jamie Wilson told a group of demonstrators that she empathizes with their ideas about economic injustice.  Even worse, Wilson shared her beliefs while the camera was rolling, and the video [...]

This fall as the leaves change, so does the journalism industry. Here are a few changes from The GH Spin’s “In case you missed it” file. Career inspiration? For those who think that news anchors sometimes look like Barbie Dolls, Mattel’s newest doll will likely make the holiday shopping list. According to its tagline, News [...]

Media mogul Mort Zuckerman recently told Fox News that he had helped write one of President Obama’s speeches. Zuckerman is the owner of the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report and a regular commentator on Sunday morning news shows. Despite The Atlantic’s report that “Obama’s aides don’t remember consulting with Zuckerman,” [...]

The Associated Press has well-established principles that most newsrooms and reporters are expected to follow when they write a story designed for official publication on a Web site, newspaper, or magazine. These guidelines determine the official ways to reference and abbreviate, and most of the world follows. But what happens when these same reporters and [...]