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Janis Lane-Ewart: Twin Cities' only Black female station manager

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Janis Lane-Ewart is executive director of KFAI FM radio. (Photo by Charles Hallman)

Music always has been a part of Janis Lane-Ewart’s life; rhythm and blues was the norm in her home while growing up in Chicago. Although her aspirations initially were to pursue law, and Lane-Ewart studied political science in college, she eventually became an administrator for Chicago Music Collective.

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On assignment—what to do when the story doesn't happen

By Tina McCabe, Cabbages and Kings

When I braved the cold weather to cover a story about the Amen Corner in Peavey Park, I expected to find what their press release promised: people registering to vote. Following Google Maps directions, I found myself at the intersection of a highway entrance and a glum-looking parking lot with no prospective voters, and no gathering at all. Now what? I tried, unsuccessfully, to reach my editor, and finally turned my bike back up Franklin toward home, cold and disappointed under a darkening sky. Then I heard it: loud music and a man’s voice chanting “Can I get an Amen” through speakers.

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The Morning Blend offers listeners a new way to start the day

By Dick Stevens, KFAI Radio

A Boon for Twin Cities Listeners

Morning radio got a big boost in September with the launch of KFAI's the new morning show, The Morning Blend, heard Monday through Friday on KFAI from 6am to 8am. Locally produced by Twin Cities radio veteran Dale Connelly and a team of volunteers, The Morning Blend offers news, community affairs segments and a variety of music drawn from Fresh Air’s weekly schedule and presented by KFAI program hosts (described by Dale as “musical omnivores”) as well as special guests.

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Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, free media workshops highlight TCMA's Saturday Media Forum

By Jeremy Iggers, TC Daily Planet

Photo from 2011 Fall Media Forum. 

No matter the outcome of tomorrow's election, a lot of Minnesotans are going to wake up Wednesday morning and ask themselves, "Where do we go from here?" 

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A Donald Trump why-ku

By Dale Connelly, Trail Baboon

TV talk show producers, bloggers and assignment editors are asking themselves today why they continue to pay attention to Donald Trump. His “blockbuster announcement”, promoted for days through various news and entertainment venues, turned out to be an offer to donate 5 million dollars to a charity of President Obama’s choosing if the president releases his academic and passport records.

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Extra! Extra! Clark Kent quits the Daily Planet

By Mary Turck, News Day

Buy October 23 edition and get the whole story — online or at your local comic store, like the Source Comics and Games in Roseville. 

In this week's Marvel Comics Superman edition, Clark Kent quit the Daily Planet. Superman writer Scott Lobdell told USA Today: "Rather than Clark be this clownish suit that Superman puts on, we're going to really see Clark come into his own in the next few years as far as being a guy who takes to the Internet and to the airwaves and starts speaking an unvarnished truth."

I'm a little worried about the competition, but, hey — there's room on the internet for everybody.

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Copyright matters!: A run-down of copyright law and the internet

By Ann Treacy, Blandin on Broadband

Last week I spent an hour talking to my 13 year old niece about copyright. She likes to create new videos from old videos. She gets videos online or from DVDs. She modifies them. She posts her videos online. Her question – her worry really – Is it illegal to use old videos to create new videos?

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Report urges more positive LGBT stories in Black media

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Amber Harris (l) and Jessica Adair (Photo by Sophia Hantzes)

LGBT people of color often are seen as “double-outsiders” in their respective communities, says the Opportunity Agenda report on LGBT issues and race released in September.

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Report examines coverage of LGBT issues in Black, Latino media

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Kimberley McLeod of National Black Justice Coalition (Photo courtesy of the National Black Justice Coalition)

A new report from The Opportunity Agenda points out that favorable public opinion about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people of color is slowly growing among Blacks.

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The problem with memes

By Sheila Regan, Behind the Story

No, Morgan Freeman is not dead. You may know this too if, like me, one of your Facebook friends reposted a picture of the actor with the words RIP.

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