David Brauer of MinnPost.com reports that Minneapolis Star-Tribune business reporter Thomas Lee is leaving the paper for a new journalism venture called MedCity News.
“‘Strangely enough, I gave notice to Nancy Barnes just a few minutes after she informed the newsroom of the cuts,’ Lee says. ‘[M]y decision was completely coincidental.’
“The general trends in the industry did seem to play a part in the youngish reporter’s thinking.
“‘I want to be forward-thinking and entrepreneurial. I firmly believe our industry’s new business models will originate with innovative start-ups like MedCity News versus big legacy newspapers that have struggled, by virtue of size and culture, to adjust to rapidly changing.'”
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