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. [...]

Q & A with Sam Black, senior reporter at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Recently, Goff Public interviewed Sam Black, a senior business reporter at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Sam has covered commercial real estate, economic development, manufacturing, and food companies for the Business Journal for 13 years. What was your career path before landing at [...]

Border battle produces Super Bowl-like ratings Most Minnesotans who had their TV sets on between 3:25 and 7:00 p.m. on December 30 were watching the Vikings squeeze into the playoffs by beating division rival Green Bay.  According to a Tweet by KSTP’s Darren Wolfson, adults ages 25-54 got a 35.0 rating and an 81 share.  [...]

Q & A with Elizabeth Ries, host of Twin Cities Live and MyTalk 107.1 FM Recently, Goff Public sat down with Elizabeth Ries, the upbeat co-host of Twin Cities Live who wears many hats, including radio personality (MyTalk 107.1 FM) and blogger (Home to Homestead).  The Apple Valley native started her career as a news [...]

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 Tom Scheck, political reporter at Minnesota Public Radio Since Election Day is tomorrow, we thought it would be appropriate to feature a political reporter on this installment of “Goff Public Grills a Reporter.”  Recently we sat down with Minnesota Public Radio political reporter Tom Scheck.  Tom started at MPR in 2000 [...]

Newspaper editorial board endorsements have been a campaign season tradition for decades.  Prior to the Internet, people got most of their information about candidates running for office from newspapers.  This made editorial board endorsements extremely influential.  But now that information about candidates is just a click away, the impact of these endorsements has waned. Newspaper [...]

Polaris Industries is one of the most dynamic, successful companies in America today.  It is also one of Minnesota’s greatest business success stories, from developing the world’s first commercially viable snowmobile in 1954 to today being the most innovative and growth-oriented manufacturer of off-road vehicles and motorcycles in the world. Goff Public has assisted Polaris [...]

Q & A with Boyd Huppert, award-winning KARE-11 reporter (award-winning is an understatement) Recently, Goff Public sat down with Boyd Huppert, who has been a television reporter at KARE-11 since 1996.  Best known as the voice of KARE’s popular weekly feature, “Land of 10,000 Stories,” Boyd is nationally renowned for his superior writing and storytelling [...]

Twin Cities takes bronze in Olympics viewing Athletes were not the only ones breaking records during the 2012 Olympics.  The games this year set several broadcasting records, including the largest amount of aired television coverage, and were heavily touted as “the first social games,” which refers to the fact that social media platforms played a [...]