Twin Cities Daily Planet

{{Short description|Independent news website covering the Twin Cities in Minnesota}}

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The Twin Cities Daily Planet, in operation from 2006 until 2019, was an independent website specializing in news events in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul metropolitan area. It published original reported news articles, articles republished from other local and ethnic media partners, and some content articles published by affiliated local and neighborhood blogs.{{cite web |url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/about|title=About the Twin Cities Daily Planet |work=Twin Cities Daily Planet |access-date=2009-08-03 }} The Daily Planet described itself as "hyperlocal journalism"{{cite web|url=http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=2d396e99f74e9f3b7500319ce0b599a2|title=Twin Cities Honor Hyperlocal Journalism|work=New American Media|access-date=2009-08-03|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325025312/http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=2d396e99f74e9f3b7500319ce0b599a2|archive-date=2009-03-25}} and was profiled in the Columbia Journalism Review in 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.cjr.org/news_startups_guide/2011/06/twin-cities-daily-planet.php |title=Twin Cities Daily Planet: Citizen-powered local news for Minneapolis and St. Paul |last=Rosen |first=Armin |date=June 7, 2011 |website=cjr.org |publisher=Columbia Journalism Review |access-date=July 10, 2021 }}

In 2009, the Daily Planet won overall Minnesota honors as the "best independent online news website" in the annual list of Page One honors bestowed by the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.{{cite web |url= http://www.mnspj.org/2009/05/15/2009-page-one-winners-announced/|title=2009 Page One Winners Announced |work= Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists|date=15 May 2009 |access-date=2009-08-03}}

In August and September 2015, the Daily Planet went through restructuring in which almost all staff were laid off as part of the newspaper changing the focus of its reporting. Some members of the Daily Planet staff went on to found the Twin Cities Arts Reader.{{cite web |url=http://twincitiesarts.com/2016/04/26/editors-note-8-months-in/|title=Editor's Note: Eight Months In |work= Twin Cities Arts Reader|access-date=2016-08-10 }}{{Better source needed|date=February 2025}} As of December 2024, no new articles had been posted on the Daily Planet's website since 2019.{{cn|date=February 2025}}