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Schneider, Watt give Bulldogs hockey a distinctly Duluth voiceDULUTH — Bulldogs hockey sounds different when the two men describing it have spent much of their lives around the game in Duluth. Zach Schneider has spent nearly two decades learning
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Muck Rack's 2026 State of Journalism report found that 82% of surveyed journalists had used at least one AI tool during the previous 12 months, up from 77% in 2025. ChatGPT was used by 47%, while substantial numbers reported using AI transcription tools, Grammarly and other applications.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Star Tribune subscribers can receive one year of complimentary digital access to The New York Times under a new offer available to current and new print and digital subscribers. The year begins when a subscriber redeems the offer. Access to The Times requires an active Star Tribune subscription
The redesign does not change the central purpose of HowieHanson.com. It is intended to make the site faster to scan, easier to understand and more distinctly local. “Inside the Howie Newsroom” gives that approach a name — and gives readers a clearer view of how Duluth’s news day is organized.
KQDS FOX21 will broadcast Milwaukee Bucks games in the Duluth-Superior market during the 2026-27 NBA season under an agreement announced Thursday by the station and Coastal TV Broadcasting Group. KQDS will carry Bucks regular-season games made available for local television distribution. Most games will air on KQDS
The advice columns differ from Strib Voices’ opinion commentary, but both initiatives reflect the Star Tribune’s increasing use of contributors with strong individual identities and defined areas of expertise.
National and regional leaders will gather Sept. 22-23 in Minneapolis to discuss issues shaping the Midwest and the nation
Great newspaper columnists don't simply report the news. They become part of their readers' lives. They greet us over breakfast. They spark conversations at coffee shops. They give us confidence that someone has done the reporting, made the calls and knows what really matters. Their bylines become
More than five decades later, I am still chasing the same goal I had as a 15-year-old sports reporter in Cloquet. Earn the reader's trust. Everything else is just ink.
This project is rooted in a belief that local prep sports matter. They matter because they teach discipline, resilience, teamwork and leadership. They matter because generations of families share experiences together. Most importantly, they matter because they help define who we are as communities.
The awards, judged by journalists from outside Minnesota, recognize outstanding work published during 2025. The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, founded in 1956, advocates for press freedom, journalism ethics and professional development throughout the state.
The awards represent a significant achievement for the Duluth-based online news outlet, which has built a reputation for watchdog reporting on local government, development projects and public policy issues in northeastern Minnesota.
The newspaper industry has spent so much time discussing declining circulation, shrinking advertising revenue, rising production costs and digital disruption that it has largely avoided confronting a far more uncomfortable reality. The greatest threat facing many newspapers today is not the internet, social media, artificial intelligence or even changing reader
I have long believed that communities are only as strong as their local newspaper. Today, I would expand that thought slightly: communities are only as strong as their commitment to local journalism. The future of the Duluth News Tribune matters because the future of local journalism matters.
FOX 21's success demonstrates that there remains an audience for serious local journalism when it is executed at a high level. Despite all the changes affecting the media industry, viewers continue to reward organizations that invest in quality reporting and credible journalism.
What happens next at the Minnesota Star Tribune may become one of the clearest signals yet about how major regional journalism survives the next generation in America. Not as a dying factory. Not as a billionaire toy. But as an institution Minnesota ultimately may decide is still worth protecting.
No single institution controls the public conversation anymore. The region now operates inside a decentralized information economy where television owns immediacy, newspapers own documentation, Facebook owns emotional momentum and independent publishers increasingly own personality-driven loyalty.