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The polling error nobody wants to name
A cultural-criticism placeholder essay for design-review purposes.
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Community Land Trusts: A Quiet Answer to the Housing Crisis
How CLTs work, who they serve in the Twin Cities, and their limits.
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Founding Editor, Krino Media
Jamal Awil
Jamal Awil is the founding editor of Krino Media, built on a simple bet: readers are hungrier for evidence than for a side to root for. He still reports and writes — holding his own pieces to the same rule as everyone else.
Pieces by Jamal Awil
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Reading a Budget Bill in an Afternoon
A practical walkthrough for finding what actually changed. Placeholder course — not yet in production.
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Writing the Headline That Does Not Lie
Precision under a deadline — the discipline behind an honest headline. Placeholder course — not yet in production.
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Sourcing Without a Leak
How to protect a source while still nailing down the facts. Placeholder course — not yet in production.
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Episode 008: The lobbyist who used to write the bill
A former staffer on how legislation really gets drafted.
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Episode 009: Inside a Supreme Court leak investigation
What actually happens after a draft opinion gets out.
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Episode 010: Who writes the ballot language?
The obscure state office that shapes how a question gets asked.