by Forrest Peterson | Oct 16, 2025 | Words on Paper
Left: The presses will continue to roll in western Minnesota at the Ortonville Independent. Photo credit: Ortonville Independent Facebook page. Right: Help wanted ad in Minnesota Star Tribune. Some years ago, on business travel in western Minnesota, my newspaper...
by Forrest Peterson | Oct 9, 2025 | Words on Paper
Barbara McQuade and Andy Luger talk about the disinformation epidemic at the MinnPost Festival Sept. 27 in Minneapolis Even though she was sitting on a stage in front of hundreds of people, Barbara McQuade seemed much more relaxed than when she appears on “The Last...
by Forrest Peterson | Aug 7, 2025 | Words on Paper
Walter Cronkite talks on the phone at his office, prior to his final newscast as CBS anchorman on March 6, 1981, in New York City. (AP Photo) “And that’s the way it is….” or was, when Walter Cronkite set the standard for television news reporting on CBS from 1962 to...