Matt Von Pinnon
Matt Von Pinnon is editor and longtime employee of The Forum. His column appears each Sunday on the editorial page of The Forum.Contact
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Von Pinnon: Gossip today spreads faster, cuts deeper 
High school might just be harder today. Not necessarily on the academics side. That’s still up for debate. But on the social side, no doubt.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Will social networking kill the Christmas card?
Forget the presents and the food, though those are nice, too. Christmastime, for me, is about the Christmas cards.
RELATED CONTENTMeet the six new members of The Forum's Readers Board
Meet the six new members of The Forum’s Readers Board. They join six returning members whose terms expire in December.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Celebrating the spirit of ’76 in south-central Moorhead
They came to Moorhead to better their lives and, in doing so, they made my life richer, more wordly. It was a powerful Independence Day lesson early in life.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Day a chance to show Mom how you really feel
Mother’s Day will always mean something more for me. Last year, after spending the entire day with her children, grandchildren and husband, my mom had an unexpected heart attack and died. She was 70.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Family of Dylan Cox also suffering from tragic losses
The family of Dylan Cox has been on my mind a lot this past week. Dylan is the 17-year-old Amor, Minn., teen who last Monday night killed Tabitha Belmonte, his 16-year-old girlfriend and mother of his 7-month-old child. Dylan then turned the gun on himself.
RELATED CONTENTBullying suspected as reason for Cooperstown girl's suicide
Early Thursday, a couple hours before the sun rose in Cooperstown, N.D., 16-year-old Cassidy Joy Andel posted a note on her Facebook page: “My time has come, and so I’m gone. To a better place, far beyond. I love you all as you can see. But it’s better now, because I’m free.”
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Everybody knows more after bankruptcy dialogue
After lots of reader feedback and much discussion on our end, The Forum has chosen to continue running bankruptcy filings in the paper and on our website, inforum.com.
Von Pinnon: Change is in the air, and that’s a good thing
Publishers, editors and advertising managers of Minnesota’s daily newspapers met here for two days last week to brainstorm ideas meant to better help our readers and advertisers get what they want.
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Von Pinnon: Awareness events at times lose out to breaking news
A couple recent letters to the editor took us to task for not covering the April 6 Run 4 Change, a Deutscher Family Memorial in Fargo.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Dear Shirvani: Take the buyout; consider it a learning experience
If your bosses offer you a nearly $1 million payout of taxpayer dollars to buy out your contract, don’t stop to ask questions.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: We scrutinize Moorhead because we care about it
Moorhead officials recently discussed whether the city should continue spending tens of thousands of dollars to market Moorhead to potential new residents or spend that money improving services for its current residents.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: These days, gay rights debates no longer novel
Eleven years ago next month, while working as a Forum reporter, I wrote a story that divided the community like no other story I’d reported before.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Eight new members join Forum Readers Board
Meet the eight new members of The Forum’s Readers Board, a group of area people who advise and provide feedback to us.
Von Pinnon: Travel in Sunday Variety, Celebrations in SheSays
Today, The Forum debuts its new Sunday Variety section. It’s something our readers have said they’ve wanted for a while.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: There’s no explaining rampage to first-grader
I hid The Forum from my first-grader on Saturday. Coming from the editor, that may seem strange. I’ve never done it before, even when the news was really bleak, and we’ve had a lot of bleak news around here in recent weeks.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Tom Hanks and his ilk ought to stay on tarmac
Thanks a lot, Tom Hanks. Now that the A-list actor and his family dropped in on TNT’s Diner in West Fargo on Friday morning, the place will never be the same.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: The Forum will publish all legal marriage notices
Starting today, The Forum will accept for publication the announcements of gay marriages, engagements and anniversaries if the marriage takes place in a state or country where it’s legally recognized.
RELATED CONTENTVon Pinnon: Forum Readers Board welcomes 5 new members
Meet the five new members of The Forum’s Readers Board. They join seven returning members whose terms expire in December.
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