golf ball sized hail

The video we watched this week talked a little about news websites featuring reader-submitted photos and videos, and it just so happens that StarTribune.com has a section for that on their website.

In the Your Photos + Video section Minnesotans can post images of local news, scenery, sports, history, and of course weather. Now anyone can be a photojournalist.












Reader-submitted photo of hail from killer storm this summer.

Go Twins!

My hometown paper, Startribune.com has had fantastic coverage on the Minnesota Twins' AL Central lead the last couple days, which for some reason wasn't a top headline on any of the national newspapers.

I know the average American would probably rather read about the bailout or the debates instead of local sports teams and problems with local public transit, but that's why I love local news. It doesn't update as fast or have as many videos as my favorite national websites, but it's the only place I can read about things like this.

I can't wait to go to StarTribune.com and read about the Twin's getting a spot in the playoffs later this week.

The Star Tribune

It was easy to choose my hometown newspaper : the Star Tribune. Besides having a classy name and a killer location (Minneapolis-St. Paul), they're a huge part of the community where I'm from.

They've gone through some pretty big changes recently- StarTribune.com was created in 1996 (I think that's about the time most papers started going online, what have you noticed with your hometown papers?). Possibly even cooler is the local news sections the paper started doing a couple years ago, which tells me about concerts and news going on within a few minutes of my house. I'm pretty impressed with the way StarTribune.com stays current and connected. And excited to start following their online news.