Editorial Mission: Information, Instruction, Inspiration in a user-friendly, culturally relevant communications vehicle Business Mission: Providing preferred access to Black consumers for businesses, agencies, and organizations History Insight News started in 1974 as a color-cover magazine based in and serving Minneapolis' African American north side. It was owned by Graphic Services, Inc., a general printing and magazine publishing firm in Northeast Minneapolis. Al McFarlane, headed the Midwest Public Relations division of Graphic Services. McFarlane, a 26 year-old media enthusiast, had previously worked for the St. Paul Pioneer Press as a reporter and for General Mills in public relations. He purchased rights to Insight News in 1975 and began publishing as a community newspaper in 1976 Conversations with Al McFarlane Listen each Tuesday for stimulating conversations with Al McFarlane and community leaders about issues and events in the Black community and the community at large. Tune in Tuesdays 11 a.m. - Noon on KFAI 90.3 FM Minneapolis and 106.7 FM St. Paul Listen to the podcast archive: http://feeds.feedburner.com/conversationswithalmcfarlane Stream it online: www.kfai.org/node/44 More   Public Policy Forum Schedule February 19 - Michael Dietrich, Mortgage Professionals will discuss mortgages as it relates to spanish speaking communities - Alejandro "Alex" Gazca, Licensed Realtor, Keller Williams Realty Lakes, will discuss new home buying and translate into spanish the discussion on purchasing a home and a mortgage - Kevin Gordon, Owner, Camp Kupugani, will discuss on of the only Black owned multi-cultural girls camps in the United States - Mikhala Wolsgaard-Iversen, Jazz singer, will discuss her upcoming concert at the Dakota     Listen to the Podcast Archive Conversations with Al McFarlane Podcast (links to feedburner.com) Listen to past shows with the Conversations with Al McFarlane podcast. Click on the above link and scroll down to view previous shows. To 'subscribe', you will need one of the free programs out there that work with podcasts, such as iTunes. To download featured shows below, right click and save as Interview with Steven Johnson Louis King 2/26/06 (58 min, 67 MB) Public Policy Forum-Urban Ventures (51 min, 59 MB) Public Policy Forum-Public, private, charter schools (30 min, 35 MB) Interview with Richard Brehnan (35 min, 40 MB) Interview with JD Steele & David Giant 3/02/06 (59 min, 68 MB) Interview with Zooman & The Sign part (2) 3/27/06 (34 min, 39 MB) Interview with Zooman & The Sign part (1) 3/27/06 (29 min, 33 MB)