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Andrew Krammer @andrewkrammer.bsky.social Vikings + Gophers hoops reporting and analysis for StarTribune.com out of Minneapolis ... also on the Access Vikings podcast and Star Tribune's YouTube channel ... learning
Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social 🎙️Host of @ProPublica’s new podcast, “Paper Trail”
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Nancy Yang @nyang.bsky.social Senior editor for audience engagement at @startribune.com. Nap advocate. Send me your k-drama recs. Always looking for spicy food. She/her.
Vince Tuss @vtuss.bsky.social Star Tribune night audience editor. Night owl, reader, sports fan, father of three boys. Detroit born, now Minneapolis. “Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.”
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Rick Ellis @toomuchtvcom.bsky.social Lifelong journalist now at AllYourScreens.com and toomuchtv.substack.com. TCA Member. Appeared on "Dark Side Of Kids TV" doc, winner of the 2024 David Robb Award for Best Investigative Civil Justice Story and a Regional Murrow Award
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Becky Zosia Dernbach @bzosiad.bsky.social Education reporter @sahanjournal.bsky.social. Minneapolis.
Ian R Buck @ianrbuck.bsky.social Host of the Streets.mn Podcast.
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Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social National Correspondent, The 74 Million. I think a lot about great journalism, better schools, disrupting inequity, neurodiversity and all things LGBTQ. Tacos & craft cider.
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Chrös McDougall @chrosmcd.bsky.social Editor, Sportswriter, and Author
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Regina McCombs @reginajmc.bsky.social Visual journalism + education @hsjmc and Minnesota Journalism Center. Run Northern Exposure photoj conference. Past lives: MPR, Poynter, Star Tribune, KARE 11. LWV on the side. Team dog.
Benjamin Toff @benjamintoff.bsky.social Professor at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center. On sabbatical for 2026 with the News and Information team at Pew Research Center. I study trust in news, news avoidance, public opinion, and changing media.
Walker Orenstein @walkerorenstein.bsky.social Reporter for the Star Tribune covering energy. From St. Paul, but a Washington Husky. Email: walker.orenstein@startribune.com
Abby Sliva @abbysliva.bsky.social @StribGoingOut.startribune.com on all platforms. she/her. Minneapolis. Swallowed up by the words & halfway to space 🚀
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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social Now: Sports Take newsletter creator. Then: Web editor/Star Tribune. Still: Media&Cultural Studies, men's basketball team liaison at Macalester. Baseball Hall of Fame voter
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Curtis Gilbert @curtisgilbert.bsky.social Senior editor at APM Reports. Run investigations. Make podcasts. Also: Bake bread. Play bass. Sing karaoke. Ride bikes. Slide granite rocks down sheets of ice yelling, "Yup! Yup! Whoa!"
Theodore Tollefson @theodoretollefson.bsky.social Communications lead with Elpis Enterprises in St. Paul, MN.
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Alex Chhith @alexchhith.bsky.social Outdoor recreation reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune who lives for winter.
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Christa Lawler @christalawler.bsky.social Duluth based reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune, writing about the Duluthiest place I've ever lived. I might write about the Blatnik Bridge; I might write about hockey. WHO KNOWS. 
Pat Condon @patcondon.bsky.social Breaking news editor, Minnesota Star Tribune. Minneapolis resident. Let's do the story. 
Lonny Goldsmith @lonny-g.bsky.social Award-winning editor of TC Jewfolk, occasional podcaster at Pro Hockey News, home chef, aspiring-retiree.
Paul Walsh @pwalshstrib.bsky.social Minnesota Star Tribune reporter. Not retiring until 11/23/2037. You figure it out.
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