Support the stories that other outlets miss

Growing up, I thought I’d never leave my hometown of Minneapolis. But then I decided to become a journalist — and I spent nearly six years reporting elsewhere, moving from Phoenix to Iowa City to Madison to Milwaukee, before finally returning home this fall.

MinnPost brought me home. It’s an organization that, in our ever-saturated Twin Cities media market, invests more than its peers into reporters who put local communities first.

I’ve worked within corporate media: I know how big news companies cut corners on journalistic quality in pursuit of publishing as many stories as possible. We don’t do that at MinnPost, largely because our nonprofit funding model that requires an additional layer of accountability to our readers.

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Our funding structure also allows us to report stories that other outlets miss.

I’m an example: As of June 1, I began a year-long project in partnership with a national nonprofit called OpenCampus to pursue investigative journalism focused on Minnesota’s two-year college system.

Why does that topic deserve a year of investigation, you might ask? Because hundreds of thousands of Minnesota students attend two-year colleges. As “open access” institutions, they play a key role in affording the benefits of higher education to everyone. But they are mostly an afterthought in the mainstream media, both locally and nationally, leaving major holes in accountability and oversight.

I’m only a few weeks into my reporting, but I can tell you there’s a lot to write about. Stay tuned.

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