Bob CollinsIn journalism, there are 5W’s (who, what, why, where, when) and 1 H (how). Of those, the most important is the ‘why.’ Here’s why.
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.
A video he posted today shows him shooting baskets in a wheelchair, while he recovers from surgery for his torn ACL.
‘It’s not enough to say ‘you have rights,’ former Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines once said of Seeger. ‘You have to use them.’
We have reached — early this year — the portion of the severe weather season where I wonder if there’s a better way to indicate where a severe storm is than by listing the warning based on a county.
A death in Kasson-Mantorville, the limits of religious freedom, stop and smell the suburbs, a $100 baggage fee, and you’re probably below average.
Kevin Burkart of Prior Lake, jumped out of an airplane 100 times in one day back in 2008, to call attention to the need for Parkinson’s disease research, honoring his father, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1999. Two years later — 2008 — he jumped out 200 times for the cause.
Bummed by the high cost of education? Perhaps the answer is a college education, that doesn’t require you to go through nonsense of being ‘accepted’ by a higher institution.
It’s always great to hear how others see us, especially when they find out we’re not as boring as we sometimes appear to be.
A return to flyover country, the private parts of the U.S. economy, the decline and fall of the mainline Protestant, a polka dot protest, and surfing Superior.
The Senser verdict
The remote reporter
What’s in the pocket of people heading to court, a road map to moral leadership at the hospital, can animals feel harassed, is it art or just spit, and why isn’t Minnesota better at improv?