Minnesota Star Tribune launches statewide News Literacy Initiative
Partnership with News Literacy Project and ThreeSixty Journalism aims to combat misinformation among Minnesota students
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Howie: The Star Tribune livestream a must-watch
The Star Tribune did something smart: it didn’t just roll out a slogan. It put reporters in front of readers and let them explain what they were seeing, what they were verifying, what they still didn’t know, and what it costs — emotionally and operationally — to cover a story that is still moving.
Howie: The Minnesota Star Tribune announces key newsroom leadership hires
The Bellville and Baumgarten hires reflect a newsroom making deliberate bets: on audience intelligence, on subject-matter authority, and on leadership that understands journalism doesn’t succeed just because it’s good — it succeeds because it reaches people where they actually live now.
Howie: The Minnesota Star Tribune sues Minneapolis Police Department over public records access
Public records aren’t optional. They’re not favors. And they’re not something a police department gets to release once the inconvenience wears off. The law is clear — even if compliance apparently isn’t.
Howie: Star Tribune banks on local legends to write its next chapter
The Star Tribune’s PR boilerplate now reads like a campaign stump speech — seven Pulitzers, 158-year legacy, “the heart and voice of the north.” But if these hires are any indication, they might actually believe it.
Viking Octantis cruise ship docked along DECC waterfront
"So it's not only the convenience of the new seawall dock space that's going to invite more cruise ship traffic, but also the visual coming down the hill and being struck in the face by a huge cruise ship tied up next to the DECC." -- Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert
The Minnesota Star Tribune offers employees buyouts
“Every media company in the country is going through tremendous transformation right now in the face of unprecedented challenges and new opportunities. We’re no different.” -- Publisher Steve Grove
Expanded coverage of student-athlete recruiting coming to Minnesota
The Minnesota Star Tribune and Prep Network, a national leader in high school recruiting rankings and coverage based in Plymouth, Minn., are teaming up to co-produce expanded coverage of recruiting topics, rankings and news in Minnesota. As the Midwest’s largest news organization, the Minnesota Star Tribune is extending its
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Today at The Minnesota Star Tribune: 4 things to watch as Minnesota Legislature races to pass budget before deadlineA short special session may be necessary, lawmakers have acknowledged.Allison Kite‘Ready, set, go’ for residents as crews battle fires in northeastern MinnesotaThe Camp House and Jenkins Creek fire have not
Minnesota Star Tribune partners with local baseball leaders to support Baseball Day Minnesota and expand coverage of the sport
Sign up for North Report The Minnesota Star Tribune is teaming up with the organizers of Baseball Day Minnesota to support the state’s premier midseason event for high school baseball players on May 17 in Waconia. Additionally, Minnesota Star Tribune readers will see expanded coverage of high school baseball,
Saturday Notebook: Minnesota Matters tour stop, Wild, Vikings in the news
The Future of Downtown Duluth will be the panel discussion topic and Q&A during a The Minnesota Star Tribune Minnesota Matters tour stop in Duluth on Thursday at Clyde Iron Works upstairs bar. Panelists include Roger Reinert (Mayor of Duluth), Sara Rolfson (Zeitgeist Business Director), Joel Kilgour (Project
The Minnesota Star Tribune to launch new podcast
The Minnesota Star Tribune in partnership with Lemonada Media announced today the launch of the new podcast Worth It, premiering on Friday, May 2. Hosted by the Minnesota Star Tribune’s night editor Nicole Norfleet and new outstate columnist Aaron Brown, Worth It is an every-Friday podcast that delivers news
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If Duluth crime is down, why are residents afraid? Eric Faust opened his coffee roastery during the height of downtown Duluth’s synthetic drug crisis, fueled by a notorious scofflaw head shop. It was “a super low point,” for the neighborhood, he said of the time more than a dozen
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Tyler Walter Edwards is accused of killing Maxton Keith Gudowski in July 2024, then starting him and his apartment on fire.
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As buildings close, navigating downtown St. Paul skyways has become a hassle Office towers have fallen into financial distress in the era of hybrid and remote work. But shuttering them creates commuting, accessibility and small business obstacles. Read more. In the midst of global trade war, first saltie of the
The Minnesota Star Tribune hires The New York Times’ Kathleen Hennessey as next editor
The Minnesota native brings deep journalism experience from the Times, the Associated Press, and other top publications, as well as innovative vision for local media.