What do I get when I blog about hazardous radio towers and a mostly ignored mayoral contest? A guest column from eager reader Wade Brandis,…
Tag: journalism
Governor Kristi Noem did get her journalist shield law passed. On Friday Governor Noem signed House Bill 1074, which permits certain journalists in certain situations…
The biggest disappointment of today’s crackerbarrel was rookie Representative Tamara St. John (R-1/Sisseton). Introducing herself as a historian and tourism advocate, as she did at…
Why did Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) praise rookie Representative Kaleb Weis (R-2?Aberdeen) but ridicule his District 3 counterpart rookie Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) at Saturday’s…
In her State of the State Address, following up on one of her few campaign promises that I welcomed, Governor Kristi Noem exhorted the Legislature…
Who wants to read party press releases all year? Not you, dear readers! You come to Dakota Free Press in search of intelligent analysis and…
On the same day that Time recognizes journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other guardians of truth as its People of the Year, the Rapid City Journal reports that a right-wingnut…
What grabbed my attention most about NPR’s post-Turkey Day coverage of the federal government’s new climate change warning was that public radio featured real scientists…
Stacy Phelps is not guilty of any wrongdoing in the GEAR UP scandal. Phelps’s lawyer Dana Hanna appears to accuse some divine being of jury…
Bob Mercer leaves print journalism this week to tell the news on television. Mercer’s replacement in Pierre, covering state government for newspapers in Aberdeen, Watertown, Mitchell,…