The End of an Era: Jane Kirtley and the Twilight of Traditional Media Ethics
On May 25, the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication will bid farewell to a titan of the First Amendment. Jane E. Kirtley, the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, is stepping down after a quarter-century of…
A Constitutional Pivot: Minnesota Voters to Decide the Future of Public School Funding
What if Minnesota could significantly bolster its public education system without raising a single cent in property taxes, income taxes, or sales taxes? It sounds like the classic promise of political rhetoric—too good to be true. Yet, this fall,…
Federal Child Care Funding Under Scrutiny: A Two-Week Reprieve for Minnesota Families
By [Your Name/Journalistic Staff] Introduction: A Tense Stand-off For thousands of low-income families and child care providers across Minnesota, the start of 2026 has been marked by a profound sense of instability. The specter of a federal funding…
Minnesota Schools and Educators File Federal Lawsuit to Halt Immigration Enforcement at ‘Sensitive Locations’
This report was originally produced by The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. A coalition of Minnesota school districts and the state’s largest teachers union, Education Minnesota, initiated a high-stakes legal battle in U.S. District Court…
The Classroom Under Siege: How Federal Enforcement is Remaking Minnesota Education
When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools in 2020, the education system underwent a forced, collective migration to the digital frontier. Teachers, students, and administrators scrambled to navigate a landscape of Zoom links and virtual breakout…
The Silent Crisis: How "Operation Metro Surge" is Reshaping Minnesota’s Classrooms
The hallways of Minnesota’s public schools, typically bustling with the vibrant energy of childhood, have fallen eerily quiet. In districts across the state, attendance registers show gaps where students once sat, and classrooms have been replaced by the…
Shadows Over the Cubbies: How Minneapolis Child Care Centers Survive an Era of Uncertainty
This report was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. MINNEAPOLIS — On a frigid February afternoon, the routine at a Spanish-immersion child care center in…
Beyond the Classroom: How Minnesota’s CTE Programs are Redefining Student Success
This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2026 Capitol Reporting Workshop for Minnesota youth, with financial support from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Every day, as the clock strikes 11:30 a.m., Dah Htoo undergoes a daily…
Beyond the Page: Minnesota’s High-Stakes Battle to Reform Literacy
This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2026 Capitol Reporting Workshop for Minnesota youth, with financial support from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. For Hennepin County Commissioner Heather Edelson, the fight for…
The Ink-Stained Pulse of Campus Life: Why Student Journalism Still Matters in a Digital Age
By [Your Name/Journalistic Byline] MANKATO, Minn. — The clock on the wall of The Reporter newsroom at Minnesota State University (MSU) reads 8:00 p.m. on a Monday. For most of the student body, the week is just beginning, but for editor-in-chief Anahi…
