Eric Black is an American
journalist
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Roles
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based in
Minnesota
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.
Career
He was a longtime reporter for the ''
Minnesota Star Tribune
''The Minnesota Star Tribune'', formerly the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'', is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of 2023, it is Minnesota's largest newspaper and the seventh-largest in the United States by circula ...
'' newspaper, and has also been a Twin Cities blogger. He worked as a columnist for
online newspaper
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Goin ...
''
MinnPost
''MinnPost'' is a nonprofit online newspaper in Minneapolis, founded in 2007, with a focus on Minnesota news.
Content and format
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'', primarily writing about politics and the historical background of current issues, but announced his retirement in a post dated March 21, 2023
As part of the coverage of the bicentennial of the US Constitution in 1987, he was assigned by the ''
Minnesota Star Tribune
''The Minnesota Star Tribune'', formerly the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'', is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of 2023, it is Minnesota's largest newspaper and the seventh-largest in the United States by circula ...
'' to write a series of detailed articles on the history of the Constitution, not only its creation, but also its evolution and impact through the years. These articles formed the basis of a book subsequently published as ''OUR CONSTITUTION The Myth that Binds Us,''
in which he argues, in part, that the power of the US Constitution derives in significant part not from the written text, but from commonly accepted beliefs about the text.
Black is the author of a book, ''Parallel Realities: A Jewish-Arab History of Israel/Palestine''.
It 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
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.
Awards
In 2017 the national Society of Professional Journalists presented Black with a
Sigma Delta Chi Award
The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) (formerly Sigma Delta Chi) for excellence in journalism. The SPJ states the purpose of the award is to promote "the free flow of information vital ...
for online column writing.
References
External links
About Eric Black from Minnpost.com
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male journalists