by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Feb 23, 2026 | Assignment Desk
FEBRUARY 2026 – Like most candidates, Trump didn’t exactly reveal his true agenda when he was on the campaign trail. In his case, he said repeatedly he didn’t know anything about Russ Vought’s “Project 2025” plan to shrink and...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Feb 18, 2026 | Assignment Desk
FEBRUARY 2026 – The State of Minnesota first estimated the taxpayer loss from the “Somali” benefits fraud case at about $250 million. Now the feds are saying, since 2018, that the number is closer to $9 billion. That kind of discrepancy deserves some...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Oct 5, 2025 | Assignment Desk
OCTOBER 2025 – Last month’s dust-up over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension – and the blackouts by broadcast companies Sinclair and Nexstar – cast a klieg light on the owners of scores of small broadcast affiliates. There was some immediate new...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | May 29, 2025 | Assignment Desk
MAY 2025 – No journalism outfit – or free lancer, for that matter – has yet tackled a piece screaming to be written: What in the world happened to The Heritage Foundation? How did it go off the rails so thoroughly? Once a mainstream conservative...