EPLN in the News
Eden Prairie Local News is mostly about reporting the news, but every once in awhile we find ourselves in the news. Check out some of these stories highlighting our unique endeavor:
- June 27, 2025 – EPLN receives awards from Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists. Read our announcement.
- Feb. 16, 2025 – EPLN publisher Steve Schewe and other board members of Metro Nonprofit News Network publish a letter in the Star Tribune touting nonprofit community newsrooms as “intentional”
- Feb. 3, 2025 – A recording of managing editor Joanna Werch Takes’ presentation on press releases to the Eden Prairie 1 Million Cups entrepreneur group airs on The LILI Channel
- December 2024 – Video “Eden Prairie Local News: The Story of Us,” which premiered at 2024 EPLN annual meeting in October, airs on Southwest Community Television (SWTV) in a half-hour slot shared with “Habitat Makers” program.
- Nov. 6, 2024 – In a Letter to the Editor, Eden Prairie City Council Member PG Narayanan calls EPLN’s 2024 Voter Guide “an essential resource for both candidates and residents.”
- Oct. 21, 2024 – EPLN publisher/CEO Steve Schewe is quoted in an article published on Medium by the Institute for Nonprofit News communications director regarding mergers and partnerships in nonprofit news.
- Oct. 10, 2024 – EPLN is listed as a founding member and publisher/CEO Steve Schewe quoted in the press release for the newly launched Metro Nonprofit News Network (MNNN).
- Sept. 18, 2024 – EPLN’s “Silent Struggles” series is a national finalist in the Institute for Nonprofit News Awards in the Community Champion division. Read our announcement.
- Jun. 18th, 2024 – EPLN is recognized in multiple categories by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists. Read our announcement.
- Jun. 4th 2024 – Mark Weber, an EPLN board member, officer and contributor is interviewed on Democratic Visions in regards to the shutdown of area newspapers
- May 2024 – Video “This is Eden Prairie Local News,” produced for EPLN’s 2023 annual meeting, wins best fundraising video in Alliance for Community Media’s Hometown Media Awards for producer and EPLN board member Jeff Strate. Read our announcement.
- Apr. 27th, 2024 – EPLN Publisher/CEO Steve Schewe is quoted in a letter to the Star Tribune
- Apr. 20th, 2024 – EPLN is mentioned in a Star Tribune article about local newspapers being closed
- Mar. 14th, 2024 – MPR broadcasts an interview with Kathy Saltzman about the Woodbury News project, where she credits EPLN.
- Mar 6th 2024 – Eden Prairie Local News is mentioned in the Pioneer Press.
- Mar. 3rd, 2024 – EPLN Publisher/CEO Steve Schewe is quoted in a Star Tribune article that cites EPLN as a potential model for a Woodbury news project.
- Feb. 21st, 2024 – An Axios Article mentions EPLN as an inspiration for a Woodbury local news project
- Dec. 13th, 2023 – Juliana Allen is interviewed by Fox9 about the EPLN Silent Struggles series
- Nov. 18th, 2023 – EPLN’s Silent Struggles series is highlighted on Democratic Visions
- Nov. 17th, 2023 – EPLN is included in the list of Local News Bright Spots by Northwestern University’s Local News Initiative
- Nov. 11th, 2023 – Jim Bayer is interviewed by Fox9 about the EPLN Silent Struggles Series
- Jul. 27th, 2023 – Eden Prairie Local News wins Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) awards. Read our announcement.
- May 14, 2023 – Electronic news journalism executive Mike McIntee and St. Thomas University Professor Mark Neuzil consider news deserts, emerging media and Eden Prairie Local News on Democratic Visions.
- Dec. 9th, 2022 – Editor & Publisher: Eden Prairie Local News launched as a nonprofit newsroom in the Minneapolis suburbs
- Dec. 9th, 2022 – Star Tribune: Deep staff cuts leave Saint Cloud Times a ghost paper
- Nov. 14th, 2022 – Democratic Visions: Community Journalism
- Nov. 5th, 2022 – Star Tribune: Eden Prairie news site fills city election coverage void after local paper shuttered
- Oct. 10th, 2022 – FOX9 features our 2022 EPLN Voter Guide: Volunteer journalists fill gap after Eden Prairie local news paper shut down
- Jun. 30th, 2022 – We were pleased that WCCO-TV covered the publication of our 1000th story in Eden Prairie Local News. WCCO Reporter Marielle Mohs contacted our publisher Steve Schewe, and he arranged to meet her at Smith’s Coffee on Eden Prairie Road. Alex Schuster, the manager of Smith’s Coffee, and Amina Adeyemi, owner and baker of Veeyon Cakes, sat for interviews.
- Mar. 28th, 2022 – CEO and Publisher Steve Schewe is a guest on the Real Talk With Rick Podcast.
- Oct. 11, 2021 – Founding EPLN editor Brad Canham, “news desert” researcher Nick Matthews and EPLN contributor Jeff Strate discuss the impact of communities that have lost their daily or weekly newspapers. The half-hour edition of Democratic Visions was launched on YouTube here. It subsequently began its run on Twin Cities area access TV channels.
- Jul. 17, 2021 – The debut of EPLN’s print edition is noted by the Star Tribune “Eden Prairie Local News debuts print edition” here.
- Mar. 25, 2021 – EPLN Editor Brad Canham spoke as part of a panel “Reflect on the Future of Media with Minnesota’s Newest News Outlets” hosted by Goff Public here.
- EPLN was featured in an Eden Prairie Community Foundation “News Makers” segment. The interview of EPLN Working Group Chair Jenifer Loon details several aspects of EPLN here.
- Feb. 13, 2021 – EPLN featured in local television access program “Democratic Visions” by Jeff Strate
- Feb. 3, 2021 – EPLN featured by The Institute for NonProfit News as “the happiest journalism news of the new year” Out of the Ashes left by Alden Global Capital, a Community Saves its News
- Jan. 13, 2021 – EPLN featured on KARE 11 “Community funded online newspaper launches in Eden Prairie“
- Dec. 28, 2020 – EPLN listed is an “intriguing development” and one of the gains in MinnPost’s “Year in Review: What we lost, and gained, in Minnesota media in 2020“
- Dec. 4, 2020 – EPLN featured in StarTribune “Eden Prairie residents launch news site to replace shuttered local paper“
- Nov. 13, 2020 – EPLN “preserves local reporting” as featured in City of Eden Prairie Community Report
- Oct. 30, 2020 – EPLN is “working to fill the void” in MinnPost’s “Losses in local news pile up, with just a few glimmers of hope trying to fill the void“
- Aug. 18, 2020 – EPLN featured on KARE 11 “Eden Prairie residents hope to revive local paper“
- Aug. 4, 2020 – EPLN featured in StarTribune “Eden Prairie residents launch nonprofit news website“
