MATT VON PINNON
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.
By Matt Von Pinnon , April 20, 2013
Meet 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.
By Matt Von Pinnon , July 31, 2011
Von 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.
By Matt Von Pinnon , March 27, 2011
Von Pinnon: Extreme airline security tests our values, priorities
With all the travel associated with Thanksgiving and the holiday season fast approaching, there’s been a lot of attention paid lately to the new, more-invasive airport security measures.
By Matt Von Pinnon , November 21, 2010
Von Pinnon: If laughter is love’s elixir, couple has a happy future
Austin DeCock had his reservations.
But like any man who’s trying to keep his bride-to-be happy, he went along with fiancée Tara Wang’s desire to have their wedding engagement published last Sunday in The Forum and on Inforum.com despite years of mutually difficult lessons to the contrary.
By Matt Von Pinnon , September 26, 2010
Von 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.
By Matt Von Pinnon , September 05, 2010
Von Pinnon: Public has right to know how jail funds are spent
Occasionally, it’s a fine line between a person’s right to privacy and the public’s right to know.
By Matt Von Pinnon , August 29, 2010
Von Pinnon: Readers’ response large; bankruptcy decision soon
Two months ago, I wrote a column seeking reader feedback on this question:
Is there value in us publishing bankruptcy filings?
By Matt Von Pinnon , August 22, 2010
Von Pinnon: Emergency alert systems should get with the times
This summer’s excessive severe weather – some of it deadly – has really awakened us to a much bigger issue that has more to do with how we live today.
By Matt Von Pinnon , August 15, 2010
Von Pinnon: Meet the six new members of The Forum Readers Board
Meet the six new members of The Forum’s Readers Board. They join five returning members whose terms expire in December. Members stay on for a year, but terms are staggered by a half-year.
By Matt Von Pinnon , July 18, 2010
Von Pinnon: Search engine results don’t always tell a complete story
Every once in a while, a person whose run-ins with the law have been written about in The Forum calls or writes us to ask that we remove their name from our newspaper and online archives.
By Matt Von Pinnon , July 11, 2010
Von Pinnon: Learn about candidates, their positions, this week
“All politics is local.”
That’s how Tip O’Neill, longtime speaker of the U.S. House, summed up that the concerns and priorities of a state and nation are first born and conveyed through local leaders in cities, schools and parks.
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By Matt Von Pinnon , May 30, 2010
Von Pinnon: Should free speech live where we bury our dead?
If there is one time and place on earth that decency and decorum should rule, it’s at a funeral.
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By Matt Von Pinnon , May 23, 2010
Von Pinnon: It’s a special gift to instill the joy of reading in a child
Recently, while cleaning closets in our house, my wife and I came upon a bunch of books we used to read to our now-4-year-old daughter before she outgrew them.
By Matt Von Pinnon , April 25, 2010
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.
By Matt Von Pinnon , October 11, 2009
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