Editor's Desk

He calls himself "Twin Cities White Collar Homeless Man Walking," and he describes himself as "a 54 [year-old] white collar professional with over 27 years of mkt.

From covering the Academy Awards to suing for access to court records, TC Daily Planet citizen journalists are on the front lines.

Many news stories go untold every day, judging by the overload of news releases and notices that arrive in my inbox every day. I get at least a hundred real messages daily (in addition to almost as many spam messages that slide right on through the filters). As I scan these, I look for stories that we can assign to freelance writers, and wish for more community reporters to write about what is happening in their communities. Here's what 24 hours looks like:

For everyone out there who, like me, wants to read the actual words of the State of the Union, not just the commentary and analyisis - here it is, MORE »