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(AP) - Managers heading up a new daily online news
Web site say more than 20 veteran Twin Cities journalists,
including two Pulitzer Prize winners, have committed to make
regular contributions to MinnPost.com.

      Many of the journalists took buyouts during recent cutbacks at
the Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

      The not-for-profit enterprise is to begin operation later this
year, specializing in Minnesota news and insight articles.

      Chief executive and editor Joel Kramer, former publisher for the Star Tribune, says he has raised more
than $1 million in startup funds. He said four local families have
contributed a combined $850,000, and the Miami-based John S. and
James L. Knight Foundation has pledged $250,000.

 MinnPost.com will offer front-page news stories as well as
"posts," a format in which professional journalists engage in an
informal conversation with readers about what they're learning and
what to make of it. Posts will be built around original reporting.

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An online newspaper specializing in Minnesota news and insight articles will launch later this year. Called MinnPost.com, it has a roster of well-known regional reporters lined up to provide content.

An online newspaper specializing in Minnesota news and insight articles will launch later this year. Called MinnPost.com, it has a roster of well-known regional reporters lined up to provide content.  Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Joel Kramer, the CEO and editor MinnPost.com and former publisher of the Star Tribune.

New online newspaper to launch in Minnesota

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