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Editor’s Note: How and why we tracked threats against Minnesota’s elected officials

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By Tom Scheck Verified
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
Editor’s Note: How and why we tracked threats against Minnesota’s elected officials After Melissa Hortman was killed in June, the Minnesota Star Tribune examined records to measure threats against public officials. Comment Gift Share Listen Print Experts worry that the specter of political violence will make it harder to recruit qualified candidates for elected office, or that elected officials may be forced to limit their interactions with voters.
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How we reported on text messages between senior Trump administration officials

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By Tom Scheck Verified
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
A person contacted Minnesota Star Tribune investigative reporter Andy Mannix recently with a tip that a top government official was indiscreetly discussing sensitive government information via cellphone. The source had pictures of the text messages and believed they were a matter of public interest. After agreeing to provide anonymity and promising to not disclose the time and location where the exchange took place, we reviewed more than 200 images of messages.
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How the Minnesota Star Tribune used AI to bolster its shoe-leather reporting to background a mass shooter

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By Tom Scheck Verified
| Poynter Online Verified
Around 8:30 in the morning on Aug. 27, someone started firing bullets through the stained-glass windows of the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. After killing two children and wounding 21 others, Robin Westman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. As many of our journalists rushed to the scene, others jumped into researching the shooter. When Westman’s name surfaced, we did the standard journalistic blocking and tackling.
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