Press
Here's what press outlets are saying about Racket. Want to talk to us for your story/book/show/podcast/event? Email press@racketmn.com.
MPR: "5 years after COVID, Minnesota dining scene has more restaurants but fewer workers" March 19, 2025
MPR: "Minnesota beer recommendations for ‘Stout Month'" February 26, 2025
Your First Byline: "Em Cassel, co-owner and editor, Racket" January 21, 2025
WCCO: "Racket MN's 'Picks to Click' & election mental health days" November 5, 2024
MPR: "Your guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities" October 14, 2024
WCCO: "Could you consume 9 beers and 9 dogs in 9 innings?" September 25, 2024
WCCO: "Jason talks with the media" September 6, 2023
Connection Request: "Former City Pages Editor-in-chief on its demise and Racket’s genesis" June 22, 2023
WCCO: "What happened to all the music festivals and what do you do on rainy days?" May 18, 2023
Weekly Dish With Steph & Steph: "Minnesota snubbed at the James Beard Awards" April 1, 2023
MPR News with Angela Davis: "Planning your next vacation? Try these Minnesota day trips" March 23, 2023
MyTalk 107.1: "Why are the Nice Ride bikes leaving the Twin Cities?" March 2, 2023
WCCO: "Jason talks with the media" March 1, 2023
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: "Heavy Table, Racket, other media outlets team up for advertisers" February 27, 2023
Pioneer Press: "Six independent media outlets form Twin Cities Media Group partnership" February 27, 2023
MPR: "Meet the Minnesota dads who resolved to become pro wrestlers in 5 weeks" January 10, 2023
Twin Cities Business: "Making the Racket" January 10, 2023
Eater Twin Cities: "Year in Eater" December, 2022
WCCO: "DeRusha Eats with Em Cassel" September 29, 2022
Poynter: "We’re not done with alt-weeklies" June 22, 2022
MPR: "New to Minnesota? Here’s what you need to know" May 11, 2022
Ad Week: "What Does the Future Hold for America's Alt-Weeklies?" April 14, 2022
What Works Podcast: "Episode 21" April 5, 2022
MPR: "Why have nearly all the employees left the Minneapolis Division of Race and Equity" March 30, 2022
WCCO's Cory Hepola: "What are the best Minnesota beers for 2021?" December 22, 2021
WCCO's Sheletta Brundidge: "Another story that's hard to hear" December 6, 2021
MinnPost: "Annoying the people that need to be annoyed: What to expect from Racket, the new media outlet founded by four ex-City Pages editors" August 13, 2021
Minnesota Monthly: "What’s All This Racket About?" August 13, 2021
Nieman Lab: “Racket joins a rising tide of journalist-owned media startups” August 9, 2021
WCCO’s Steele Talkin’: “From the Ashes of City Pages” August 8, 2021
Welcome to Hell World: “Fuck it we have to own the thing ourselves” August 3, 2021
Bring Me the News: “Racket, a new alternative news site from former City Pages editors, launches this month” August 2, 2021
MPR: “Former City Pages editors launch new Twin Cities publication” August 2, 2021
Pioneer Press: “Racket, the latest Twin Cities news startup, seeks to fill digital void left by demise of City Pages” August 2, 2021
Star Tribune: “Former City Pages editors to launch a new alt website” August 2, 2021