Bob Collins
Clearly, there’s more to the art of photojournalism than point-and-shoot.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
The siren debate redux
Freedom Day, living the buddy-system way, encounter with a homeless man, Minds Interrupted, a question of priorities in West Fargo, and how a bucket list can kill you.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s experiment with filming police officers at large public events to counter the online offerings of those who take exception is getting a little national attention.
Sure, it’s a little muggy today , last night’s storms weren’t conducive to a good night’s sleep, and the rare June sandbagging effort has been underway at a few homes along the Cannon and Little Cannon Rivers. But it could be worse; you could live in Phoenix.
Hockey needs more moms on the ice
A union struggle begins to fizzle, the answer to Rodney King, find yourself in the Rock the Garden crowd, the birdman of the U.S. Open, and what’s underneath the water you spent all weekend on top of?
There’s a scene in Field of Dreams, a movie more about fathers than baseball, in which Ray Kinsella’s long-ago father appears and his world changes when he sees his father as a young man.
That is not how we see parents.
The Twins reported today they’ve found Thome’s 607th career homer that disappeared into a flower bed last night.
It’s been awhile since there’s been a dust-up between the White House and reporters over the decorum surrounding attempts to question the president, but we got one today.