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{{Short description|Non-profit organisation in the US}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = MinnPost
| logo = MinnPost logo.svg
| type = Nonprofit online newspaper
| founder = Joel Kramer<br />Laurie Kramer
| editor = Andrew Putz
| maneditor = Harry Colbert Jr.
| newseditor = Tom Nehil
| staff = <br />[[Eric Black (writer)|Eric Black]]<br />Peter Callaghan<br />Solomon Gustavo<br />Greta Kaul<br />Walker Orenstein
| foundation = {{start date and age|2007}}
| headquarters = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]
| oclc = 191956532
| website = {{URL|minnpost.com}}
}}
'''''MinnPost''''' is a nonprofit [[online newspaper]] in [[Minneapolis]], founded in 2007, with a focus on [[Minnesota]] news.<ref name="EP">{{cite web | url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Archive/Former-Star-Tribune-Publisher-Launches-Major-Site-for-Twin-Cities | title=Former 'Star Tribune' Publisher Launches Major Site for Twin Cities | work=[[Editor & Publisher]] | date=August 27, 2007 | access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
==Content and format==
The site does not endorse candidates for office or publish unsigned editorials representing an institutional position. MinnPost encourages broad-ranging, civil discussion from many points of view, subject to the discretion of a moderator.
Content is "politics, government, science, health, culture" and other subjects including the environment, education and the arts. The non-profit model was estimated to save ''MinnPost'' about 15% of a traditional newspaper's outlays.<ref name="Edmonds">{{cite web | url=http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/84247/old-media-meets-new-in-minnesota/ | title=Old Media Meets New In Minnesota | publisher=[[Poynter Institute]] | date=August 29, 2007 | access-date=June 13, 2014 | author=Edmonds, Rick}}</ref> The format takes its shape from [[online newspaper]]s. At first, ''MinnPost'' published a print version of about eight pages at the lunch hour to high traffic locations.<ref name="McKinney">{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/business/11223881.html | title=Former Star Tribune publisher to launch online news site | work=[[Star Tribune]] | date=August 27, 2007 | access-date=June 13, 2014 | author=McKinney, Matt}}</ref> The [[print on demand]] model and print version was discontinued during the newspaper's first year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/07/note-readers-minnpostcom-expands-coverage | title=Note to readers: MinnPost.com expands coverage | work=MinnPost | date=July 28, 2008 | access-date=June 13, 2014 | author=Kramer, Joel}}</ref>
The organization is part of a much-discussed trend away from print toward online media. Quoted by ''[[Minnesota Public Radio|Minnesota Public Radio News]]'', Laurie Schwab, executive director of the [[Online News Association]], said in June 2007, 45 percent of the association's 1,100 members "started working at print publications and migrated online".<ref name="Baxter">{{cite web | url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/06/05/stribbuyouts | title=Newspaper cuts show increasing power of online alternatives | publisher=[[Minnesota Public Radio]] | date=June 6, 2007 | access-date=June 13, 2014 | author=Baxter, Annie}}</ref>
==Organization==
''MinnPost''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s initial funding of $850,000 came from four families: John and Sage Cowles, Lee Lynch and Terry Saario, Joel and Laurie Kramer, and David and Vicki Cox.<ref name="Wyant">{{cite web |author=Wyant, Carissa |date=August 27, 2007 |title=Cowles, Lynch back Web daily venture |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/08/27/daily5.html |access-date=August 27, 2007 |work=Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]}}</ref>
=== Personnel ===
The founding CEO and editor of ''MinnPost'', Joel Kramer, retired in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Laurie|last2=Kramer|first2=Joel|title=Passing the torch at MinnPost|url=https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2016/10/passing-torch-minnpost|work=MinnPost|date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> On May 1, 2014, Andrew Wallmeyer joined the staff as publisher, reporting to Kramer.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2014/04/andrew-wallmeyer-named-publisher-minnpost | title=Andrew Wallmeyer named publisher of MinnPost | work=MinnPost | date=April 25, 2014 | access-date=June 13, 2014 | author=Kramer, Joel}}</ref> Wallmeyer was CEO until 2020, when Tanner Curl was named MinnPost's executive director.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-24|title=Leadership transition at MinnPost|url=https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2020/07/leadership-transition-at-minnpost/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=MinnPost|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Susan Albright]] was managing editor until retiring in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-08|title=Susan Albright retires from MinnPost; 'The Alpinist' may trigger your acrophobia|url=https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2021/09/susan-albright-retires-from-minnpost-the-alpinist-may-trigger-your-acrophobia/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=MinnPost|language=en-US}}</ref> Harry Colbert, Jr., previously of North News and Insight News, was named as the new managing editor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-09|title=MinnPost names Harry Colbert, Jr. as managing editor|url=https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2021/12/minnpost-names-harry-colbert-jr-as-managing-editor/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=MinnPost|language=en-US}}</ref>
Andy Putz is MinnPost's editor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Joel|title=Andrew Putz named executive editor of MinnPost|url=https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2014/06/andrew-putz-named-executive-editor-minnpost|work=MinnPost|date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> Other news staff include [[Susan Albright]] ([[managing editor]]), Corey Anderson (web editor), Tom Nehil (news editor), and about 25 [[journalist]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Staff|url=https://www.minnpost.com/about/staff/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=MinnPost|language=en-US}}</ref>
According to ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'', opinion pieces — called Community Voices — are signed and nonpartisan.<ref name=EP />
MinnPost has a news bureau in Washington, D.C.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
[[File:MinnPost.jpg|200px|right]]
==See also==
{{Portal|Journalism|United States}}
* [[Institute for Nonprofit News]] (member)
* [[List of newspapers in Minnesota]]
* [[Media in Minneapolis–St. Paul]]
* [[Nonprofit journalism]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==Further reading==
*{{cite news|author=Lichterman, Joseph|title=A club that will have me as a member: Voice of San Diego and MinnPost are building out their membership models |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/a-club-that-will-have-me-as-a-member-voice-of-san-diego-and-minnpost-are-building-out-their-membership-models/|publisher=Nieman Journalism Lab|date=2014-03-31}}
*{{cite news|author=Pérez-Peña, Richard|title=Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/business/media/18voice.html|work=The New York Times|date=2008-11-17|access-date=2008-11-19}}
*{{cite news|author=Schmelzer, Paul|title=Kramer Sees Good Will for MinnPost, but 'We'll Have to Deliver' (interview)|work=Minnesota Monitor|publisher=Center for Independent Media|url=http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2305|date=2007-08-27 }}
*{{cite news|author=Lambert, Brian|title=Lambert to the Slaughter:Media|work=The Rake| publisher=Rake Publishing, Inc.|url=http://www.rakemag.com/today/media/archive/2007_08.aspx#002323|date=2007-08-27|access-date=2007-08-27}}
*{{cite news|author=Lambert, Brian|title=Twin Cities Editor Planning Online Daily|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/business/media/27trib.html|work=The New York Times|date=2007-08-27|access-date=2007-08-27}}
*{{cite news|author=Freed, Joshua (Associated Press)|title=Former newspaper publisher to start online news site|url=http://apexchange.typepad.com/industry_news/2007/08/former-newspa-1.html|work=AP Exchange (apexchange.typepad.com)|publisher=The Associated Press|date=2007-08-27|access-date=2007-08-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202033/http://apexchange.typepad.com/industry_news/2007/08/former-newspa-1.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-09-27}}
*{{cite web|author=Cowles, John Jr.|title=Behind the Curve: Philanthropy Revisited|url=http://www.hhh.umn.edu/img/assets/20143/jcowles_behind_curve.pdf|date=April 2006|publisher=Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota|access-date=2007-09-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411160254/http://www.hhh.umn.edu/img/assets/20143/jcowles_behind_curve.pdf|archive-date=2008-04-11}}
*{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=New online newspaper to launch in Minnesota|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/27/kramer/|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio|date=2007-08-27|access-date=2007-08-27}}
*{{cite encyclopedia
| url = http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/minnpost/
| title = MinnPost
| author = Nieman Journalism Lab
| encyclopedia = Encyclo: an encyclopedia of the future of news
| access-date = 1 April 2012
}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.minnpost.com/}}
{{Minnesota Newspapers}}
[[Category:Newspapers published in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 2007]]
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[[Category:Mass media in Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]
[[Category:Nonprofit newspapers]]