Eric Black is an American
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
. He was a longtime reporter for the Minnesota
Star Tribune newspaper, and has also been a Twin Cities blogger. He is currently a columnist for
online newspaper MinnPost
''MinnPost'' is a nonprofit online newspaper in Minneapolis, founded in 2007, with a focus on Minnesota news.
Funding
''MinnPosts initial funding of $850,000 came from four families: John and Sage Cowles, Lee Lynch and Terry Saario, Joel and ...
, primarily writing about politics and the historical background of current issues.
Awards
In 2017 the nationa
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for online column writing.
Works
Black is the author of a book entitled ''Parallel Realities: A Jewish-Arab History of Israel/Palestine''. The book gives an overview of the two parties of the conflict, with arguments supporting why either side may be in the right, as well as criticizing them. The book also gives a summary of the historical events leading up to the modern day Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
[PBS.org]
In late 2012 Black wrote a multi-part series of columns about the U.S. Constitution entitle
"Imperfect Union"
Notes
References
"Eric Black Ink" MinnPost.com
''MinnPost'' is a nonprofit online newspaper in Minneapolis, founded in 2007, with a focus on Minnesota news.
Funding
''MinnPosts initial funding of $850,000 came from four families: John and Sage Cowles, Lee Lynch and Terry Saario, Joel and ...
"About Me" Eric Black Ink
"Shattered Dreams of Peace" Frontline (PBS)
"A seminar on Minnesota blogging, starring the mainstream media,"mnblue, July 18, 2008
"He Said - He Said," Ladies Logic July 4, 2008
"Coleman and Franken on Iraq: Everything you need to know," MinnPost.com August 7, 2008
External links
Minnpost.comEric Black InkAbout Eric Black from Minnpost.comInterview with Eric Black at University of Minnesota, 2008Eric Black’s ‘Imperfect Union’ now available as e-book
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male journalists