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BBC Pop Up Films First Impressions of South Dakota

BBC Pop Up's Matt Danzico and Benjamin Zand posted one more video of their stay in South Dakota, this one an introduction to their journey to South Dakota, their first impressions of the state, and their first chats with Sioux…

America Not in Bad Shape: Better Economy, and a Little Less Bad TV!

Politico's Michael Grunwald notes that we don't get Pulitzers for writing good news. But on this Christmas, Grunwald says America is looking not just un-Pulitzerly, but more Bricksburgally awesome than many people expected: Mitt Romney promised to bring unemployment down…

Sioux Falls Paper Suggests Merit Pay as “Compromise” for Teacher Pay

...sure, compromise effective policy, compromise best practices, compromise our souls... I learn from Michael Larson that the meatheads at that Sioux Falls paper think that the "solution" to low teacher pay is for teachers to compromise and accept the worst…

Broadcast Veteran Lund Explains Different Demands of TV News

Two weeks ago, South Dakota media eminence gris Doug Lund lobbed a blog blast at Patrick Lalley, content strategist of that Sioux Falls paper. Lund got the impression that, in the paper's November 19 100 Eyes podcast, Lalley showed no…

Sioux Falls Paper Changes Focus on Marketing, Not Journalism

Scott Ehrisman reports that that Sioux Falls paper has axed several veteran reporters. I read the paper's own Sunday description of its newsroom changes and find a distressing absence of specifics on actual news activities. President and publisher Bill Albrecht…

Mitchell Paper Endorses Pressler, Dismisses Rounds on EB-5

Larry Pressler is beating Mike Rounds 3–1 on newspaper endorsements. The Mitchell Daily Republic waits until the last minute (like how many of their readers?) to throw in with Lovable Larry. They like his commitment, moderation, and one-term promise. What…