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The Twin Cities Media Alliance offers classes, workshops and public forums that help people use the media to share information and build stronger neighborhoods and communities. Our award-winning local news website, the Twin Cities Daily Planet (www.tcdailyplanet.net) combines original reporting and commentary by citizen journalists with the best journalism from over 100 local neighborhood, community and ethnic newspapers, blogs and other media outlets. New this year are individual pages for all 98 Minneapolis and St. Paul neighborhoods, and an online directory of neighborhood businesses and attractions.

The Daily Planet has twice won the Minnesota Society of Journalists’ Page One Award for Best Independent News Web Site. Here’s what SPJ’s judges said about the Daily Planet: “The breadth and depth of this site is terrific. It connects on multiple fronts: reader engagement, neighborhood coverage, local opinions, 24/7 updates and a strong commitment to a diversity of voices. Tcdailyplanet.net really taps the power of the medium to make the community part of the conversation – a lesson some of its competitors could benefit from.”

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