journalism
Texas case asks SCOTUS if police can jail journalists for reporting
Priscilla Villarreal was not arrested for "merely asking questions," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insists in a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Laredo news vlogger's petition for review of her…
Too much Minnesota news? Or not enough?
I hear you. Yes, we’ve been writing a lot about the news from our home state. But it just won’t stop. Judging by the contacts I’ve had with media yesterday and today (barring major intervening events) the national media…
Revisiting the fraud’s Rosetta Stone
Now that the multi-billion-dollar frauds in Minnesota are national news, I thought it was time to revisit the document that represents the Rosetta Stone of the most prominent scandal, the one involving the food nonprofit…
Breaking down the $billion MN fraud number
Local reporter Lou Raguse of the NBC-affiliate KARE-11 has produced a helpful 2:33 video explaining the details underneath the $billion estimate for Minnesota frauds:Link here and also embedded in this post by Scott. How much…
Final 40 hours of Reason’s annual fundraising webathon gets one last $25,000 matching grant!
Ya ever notice that the personalities and political positions of individuals and institutions involved in public life tend to…transform under the crucible of national politics? Former conservative gatekeepers become current…
The Somali factor | Power Line
Former Star Tribune editor Patricia Lopez wrote on Bloomberg November 26, under the headline, We can stop fraud in Minnesota without attacking Somalis. In a perfect world, Lopez is absolutely correct. She writes (non-paywall…
Reason webathon woodchips through $400,000 goal before the halfway point!
Holy hell, you people are explosively generous! Before noon on the fourth day of Reason's annual fundraising webathon, you blasted through our goal of $400,000, forcing us (twist our arms, please!) to jack the new target…
‘The Paper’ parodies work at a struggling newspaper
Peacock attempted to recapture the magic of The Office in The Paper, a spin-off series set at a local newspaper. The mockumentary follows the travails of the Toledo Truth Teller, a once-thriving paper that now shares an…
Help ‘Reason’ be your antidote to lousy journalism!
Reason's first annual fundraising webathon, in which we ask our most hardcore daily consumers to support their own habit with tax-deductible contributions, came all the way back in 2008. That's right: The webathon…
Behind the scenes with Reason’s libertarian journalists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzcuIuYNSTA On December 2, at 2 P.M. Eastern on YouTube, Reason's Liz Wolfe will be talking with many of your favorite Reason writers and reporters—folks like Andrew Heaton, César Báez,…
