Email Author Matt Snyders

Awards

• 2010 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published July 8, 2009

  "Fletcher's Gang"

• 2010 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published April 29, 2009

  "Craigslist Declassified"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 11, 2008

  "Dozens of Journalists Arrested at RNC"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 4, 2008

  "Police Raid Anarchist Homes"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 22, 2008

  "Moles Wanted"

• 2009 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published May 22, 2008

  "Moles Wanted"

• 2009 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published November 27, 2008

  "Gimme Shelter"

• 2009 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published April 10, 2008

  "The Drug Test"

• 2009 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

  "RNC Arrests: Police State of Mind" (citypages.com)

• 2008 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published November 28, 2007

  "The Full MOA"

• 2008 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published October 3, 2007

  "Banning Desmond Tutu"

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2008 Stories by Matt Snyders

• Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has vise-grip handshake

  published December 10, 2008

  On a sultry mid-July afternoon in the Vikings' indoor practice space in Eden Prairie, Vikings assistant Tom West offers a warning about running... More >>

• Living on the streets of Minneapolis for a week

  published November 26, 2008

  The unemployment rate is the highest it's been since 1994. More than a million jobs have been lost nationwide since the start of the year.... More >>

• Eight RNC protesters accused of 'furthering terrorism' thanks to statute

  published November 12, 2008

  Eryn Trimmer sits in a Loring Park coffee shop and peers out the window to the street below. Dressed in a casual charcoal-colored sweater, with... More >>

• Al Franken vs. Norm Coleman gets down and dirty

  published October 22, 2008

  On a grim, chilly evening in early October, Al Franken, Norm Coleman, and Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley sat... More >>

• Simon Says

  published September 24, 2008

  Russell Simon didn't look like a thrice-convicted felon. With his gelled, spiked hair, hardy build, and cocksure cadence, he more closely... More >>

• Dozens of journalists arrested at RNC

  published September 10, 2008

  A weird thing happens to your nervous system when a flash-bang grenade explodes close enough for you to smell it. The higher functions of your... More >>

• Police raid anarchist homes in advance of RNC

  published September 3, 2008

  Just over three months ago, we wrote of the FBI's effort to recruit moles to infiltrate and report back on peace activists throughout the Twin... More >>

• Flashback: Moles Wanted

  published September 3, 2008

  This story originally ran in our issue dated May 14, 2008, but the events of this past week have made it worth sharing again.... More >>

• A field guide to the Republican National Convention

  published August 27, 2008

  After almost two years of anticipatory civic brouhaha and financial hand-wringing, the Republican National Convention is finally upon us. As... More >>

• Starbucks baristas union drive comes at key time

  published July 30, 2008

  It was a typical, busy Thursday afternoon at the Mall of America's first-floor Starbucks, and Erik Forman was four hours into his shift. The... More >>

• The Legend of Hidden Beach

  published June 25, 2008

  You wouldn't notice it unless you stumbled on it. You couldn't find it unless you were looking for it. Nestled beyond a dead-end street... More >>

• Pawlenty flip-flops on Cuba just in time to cozy up to McCain

  published June 11, 2008

  When Ralph Kaehler made his 15th trip to Cuba this spring, he grew more convinced than ever that the U.S.'s trade policy toward the island... More >>

• Moles Wanted

  published May 21, 2008

  Paul Carroll was riding his bike when his cell phone vibrated. Once he arrived home from the Hennepin County Courthouse, where... More >>

• Indie comedy label Stand Up! has produced the edgiest comedy in the country

  published May 21, 2008

  It's 8:30 p.m. at the Triple Rock Social Club and Doug Stanhope is on in 30 minutes.For the third April in a row, the iconoclastic pied... More >>

• Film racing tour puts movie in fast forward

  published May 14, 2008

  The digital clock in St. Cloud State's student newsroom reads 10:01 p.m. It's time. "All right, people," says Brian Prom, a tall guy... More >>

• State lawmaker tries to ban Salvia...

  published April 9, 2008

  There's something vaguely unsettling about the myriad YouTube clips of people tripping on Salvia divinorum.Watching a young kid's eyes... More >>

• Doug Stanhope

  published April 9, 2008

  It's unfortunate, and a bit ironic, that Doug Stanhope's most ubiquitous utterance: "Show us where babies feed!" is delivered to us via an... More >>

• The Current shrinks its playlist

  published March 26, 2008

  It's 6:59 p.m. in Minnesota Public Radio's downtown St. Paul offices, and Mark Wheat is on in 40 seconds. "I prefer to stand when I'm... More >>

• Jesus Weekend

  published March 5, 2008

  When my mother, a public high school teacher in rural Iowa, entered her classroom to find the occasional Bible verse or Jesus-themed riddle... More >>

• Skinheads at Forty

  published February 20, 2008

  Dusk was descending as a dozen skinheads eyed their counterparts across Lagoon Avenue. The ragtag crew stood their ground, the rubber soles of... More >>

• The Real Brock Lesnar

  published February 6, 2008

  Watching Brock Lesnar engage in no-contact sparring is like watching a polar bear perform an interpretive dance. At the Minnesota Mixed Martial... More >>

• A raucous Iowa caucus

  published January 9, 2008

  Every four years, Iowa transforms from an inconspicuous little rural state into a veritable clusterfuck of egomaniacal presidential candidates... More >>