Paul Schmelzer is managing editor of the Minnesota Independent. A freelance writer on art and activism, his interviews with activist Winona LaDuke, architect Cameron Sinclair, and artist Rirkrit Tiravanija appear in the book “Land, Art: A Cultural Ecology Reader.” A former editor at Adbusters and the Walker Art Center, he publishes Eyeteeth: A Journal of Incisive Ideas. Also a media writer, Paul won a Frank Premack Award for Public Affairs Journalism (2007) and Society of Professional Journalists’ Page One Awards (2006 and 2007) — the first time in the history of both awards that a journalist from a web-only publication has won.