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Federal immigration officers are seen near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Even after more than a decade of covering the local news industry, it still takes me time to remember to get off social media, my phone, national news and wherever else I’m getting information and go directly to the source.
Sadly, in the last week, that source has been journalists and newsrooms in Minnesota.
Today, I’m writing to remind you to go there, too. Here is an incomplete list of newsrooms worth following after an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good ([link removed]) .
* The Minnesota Star Tribune ([link removed])
* MinnPost ([link removed])
* Sahan Journal ([link removed])
* Minnesota Public Radio ([link removed])
* St. Paul Pioneer Press ([link removed])
* The Minnesota Daily ([link removed])
* Minnesota Reformer ([link removed])
* Axios Twin Cities ([link removed])
* KARE 11 ([link removed])
* KMSP ([link removed])
* KSTP ([link removed])
* WCCO ([link removed])
* MN Patch ([link removed])

If you know of any newsrooms covering the Minneapolis metro right now that I didn’t include, please respond to this email and let me know.

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The 2026 Poynter Journalism Prizes contest is now open for entries. Awards honor journalism excellence in accountability, public service and justice reporting, to writing, editorials and columns, innovation, diversity and First Amendment work. Two new categories for climate change and poverty coverage are being added this year. Early bird entry fee of $75 until Jan. 31. Deadline is Feb. 13.

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While you’re here:
* From Editor & Publisher, read “U.S. journalists face war zone conditions at home.” ([link removed])
* And still timely, from Poynter, read my colleague Angela Fu’s previous reporting on how journalists in Chicago covered ICE ([link removed]) .
* Check out the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s News Media Help Desk ([link removed]) .
* And from a piece Poynter co-published with URL Media, read “I’m a community journalist in New York City. Here’s why Mamdani’s ‘influencer presser’ stung.” ([link removed])

That’s it for me. Now might be a good time to remind you (and myself) to lower your shoulders, roll your neck and unlock your jaw. ❤️

Kristen
Kristen Hare
Faculty
The Poynter Institute
@kristenhare ([link removed])

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