Social media connects us with readers

As a senior at Minnesota State University Moorhead, I started hearing about this thing called Facebook.

Friends at bigger schools told us about how great it was and some of my classmates even took to writing letters to MSUM officials basically demanding that we too gain access to this revolution.

People forget that in those early days, you couldn’t gain access to Facebook if you didn’t have college email address. That was just seven years ago this spring. It seems like a lifetime.

In less than a decade, this one website has been an absolute game changer for our world — and the media has not been excluded.

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Press names Monke new managing editor; Byrd promoted to news editor

By Bryan Horwath / The Dickinson Press

The Dickinson Press didn’t go far in its search for a managing editor.

Calling his promotion a “dream come true,” former Press Sports Editor Dustin Monke has been tapped to lead the newspaper’s editorial department.

“I’m truly excited to start this new chapter in my life and in my career,” Monke said on Monday, his first day as managing editor. “I’m ready to tackle the challenges that come with being the managing editor of a newspaper. We hope to continue to provide southwest North Dakota with the excellent coverage that The Dickinson Press has been known for while also improving in some facets of how we present readers the news both in print and online.”

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