Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva, Neighborhoods Editor
Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva (lisa@tcdailyplanet.net) is neighborhoods editor and community outreach coordinator at the TC Daily Planet. Previously she worked in international development and was a teacher. She has a master’s degree in teaching and has taught English to adult immigrants in St. Paul and social studies to junior high students in New York City, where she lived for eight years. She has published work in the TC Daily Planet, the MN Women’s Press, the Rake, and others. She recently betrayed her St. Paul roots by moving to Minneapolis, but crosses the river daily and explores neighborhoods in both cities.
She will head off to New York again in the fall to enroll in the Literary Reportage program at NYU with the help of a New York Times Foundation fellowship.
One woman's trip through the insurance maze in Minnesota
A year and a half ago, Sonya Austin Emerick dropped her son off at day care at 5:30 a.m. and drove toward her job at a produce warehouse. Instead of going to work, though, she began looking for a building big enough to destroy the “big ol’ Cadillac” she was driving until she suddenly pictured her son’s face. MORE »
MPR's Kerri Miller on interviewing, reporting, and time ticking
Minnesota Public Radio host Kerri Miller was Wednesday’s guest at the Twin Cities Media Alliance “Lunch With a Journalist Series.” One audience member spoke admiringly of the show and told Miller, “You seem to know everything.” Indeed, Miller can attack topics like United States foreign policy in the Middle East, the sharing of household duties between men and women, and household mold all in the course of one week. We promised Kerri Miller would be, as she frequently says on air, “very interesting.” She didn’t disappoint. This is an abridged version of audience questions and Miller’s responses that helped us understand just how she does it. MORE »
Norwegian Independence Day celebrated in Hendricks, Minnesota
Hendricks, Minnesota, which bills itself as “the perfect place to raise children” is also a nearly-perfect place for Norwegians. MORE »
YOUR TURN | Diversity, integration, segregation in Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools administration has proposed shifting away from citywide busing and towards community schools, beginning in the 2010-2011 school year. The administration is still revising details of the Changing School Options plan in the upcoming months, however the plan will most likely make major changes to citywide busing and magnet schools. The push towards zoning and community schools brings up major questions about segregation and diversity in Minneapolis public schools. MORE »
YOUR TURN | Demagnetizing Minneapolis schools?
Minneapolis Public Schools administration has proposed major shifts in the way that schools are organized, beginning in the 2010-2011 school year. Along with a push to cut transportation and busing, Minneapolis Public Schools would like to reduce the number of magnet schools. MORE »
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