How Operation Metro Surge changed the Minnesota media landscape for good

From safety trainings once reserved for conflict zones to a sense of camaraderie over competition, local newsrooms adapted and evolved. The post How Operation Metro Surge changed the Minnesota media landscape for good appeared first on MinnPost.

By: By Lily Kopp

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: October 23, 2026

Words: 1,223

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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On the evening of January 14, North News editor David Pierini was putting a pizza into the oven when he received a call about a shooting in north Minneapolis by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Ditching dinner, he and reporter Azhae’la Hanson rushed to 24th and Lyndale Avenue N., where protesters had gathered at the scene.

Pierini and Hanson, who also write and take photographs for North News, reported on the ground for …

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