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Jenni Pinkley
@jennipinkley.bsky.social
Former Director of Video/Audio Initiatives for @startribune.bsky.social.
Congrats to all the Signal Award winners and so proud of the @StarTribune Ghost of a Chance team for taking a bronze in the history category! Great work by a tiny team! And shout out to @lemonadamedia for their support! www.signalaward.com/winners/#202... (www.signalaward.com/winners/#202...)
October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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This is very good
Five years after George Floyd's murder, the scenes from the week of his death in Minneapolis remain vivid — an indelible part of a city still reckoning with racial injustice and livelihoods destroyed, and wrestling with police reform under a federal consent decree.
In their own words: The six days after George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis
Protesters, police, Gov. Tim Walz and neighbors chronicle the upheaval that changed Minneapolis and spread across the world.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This week on our new Worth It podcast: Whether you kayak, canoe or paddleboard - or you want to - we’ll hear the best paddling routes to try in the Twin Cities metro. Follow wherever you get your podcasts! www.startribune.com/worth-it/601...
Worth It
"Worth It" is a weekly podcast from the Minnesota Star Tribune that guides you through the stories, places and events worth your time and money.
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May 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This week on our Worth It podcast: Spring is here. We’ve got restaurant patio recommendations, a Detroit Lakes travel guide and fishing drama. Plus the pros/cons of being a human guinea pig, for science. www.startribune.com/worth-it/601... Rate and follow wherever you get your podcasts!
Worth It
"Worth It" is a weekly podcast from the Minnesota Star Tribune that guides you through the stories, places and events worth your time and money.
www.startribune.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join us weekly on our new podcast as Nicole Norfleet and Aaron Brown guide you towards information worth your time and money on “Worth It” Follow/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts: lemonada.lnk.to/WorthItStarT...
Worth It
There’s a reason compasses always point north. The North Star State is the land of 10,000 possibilities. That’s where the Minnesota Star Tribune comes in. Each week, the people who know our state insi...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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The Minnesota Star Tribune names the New York Times’ Kathleen Hennessey as top editor

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The Minnesota Star Tribune names the New York Times’ Kathleen Hennessey as top editor
The Midwest’s largest newsroom to be led by the St. Paul native whose career was spent at some of America’s most storied news outlets.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is so amazing! The Minnesota Star Tribune has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 in two separate categories: media and teamwork www.fastcompany.com/91269631/med...
March 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Please give this incredible story a listen and check out the additional material on our website - outside our subscription wall and available to everyone.
January 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A well-deserved honor for an amazing career!
The Minnesota Star Tribune’s top editor, Suki Dardarian, is retiring in February after more than a decade at the news organization and 43 years in journalism.
The Minnesota Star Tribune editor Suki Dardarian announces retirement
Her 43-year career in journalism is defined by award-winning coverage and steadfast leadership during times of dramatic change
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January 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Nervous about traveling to Minnesota in March for #NICAR25? Our amazing conference regional committee has a special message for you! vimeo.com/1039744519?s...
NICAR25 is heading to Minneapolis!
Nervous about traveling to Minnesota in March for the 2025 NICAR Conference? Our friends in Minneapolis have a special message for you, backed with data, of course! Video…
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December 17, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by Jenni Pinkley
My neighbor Eric Roper and the @startribune.com have a new podcast coming out that's about residential segregation in Minneapolis—told through the lens of Eric's own house.

I've been hearing about this project for a while and I think it'll be fantastic: www.startribune.com/ghost-of-a-c...
Ghost of a Chance
Reporter Eric Roper traces the lives of a Black couple who owned his house in 1917. Their story reveals a history of race that unfolded a century before Minneapolis became ground zero for a global rac...
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December 22, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by Jenni Pinkley
In today's edition of the #EssentialMinnesota newsletter, piloted by the talented @zoemjack.bsky.social:
@repilhan.bsky.social on the Dems' Liz Cheney 'misstep'
@laurayuen.bsky.social on Black Friday and fast fashion
• Happy birthday to Charles M. Schulz 🥜
On to the news!
email : Webview : Rep. Ilhan Omar laments Democrats' 'huge misstep'
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November 26, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Jenni Pinkley
In today's edition of the #EssentialMinnesota newsletter from @startribune.bsky.social:
• Construction starts on George Floyd Square next year. What'll it look like?
• What another Trump term means for Medicaid in MN
• A striking photo of cows grazing in the fog!
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Minnesota veterans remember one of their own
Plus: Billie Eilish wows in St. Paul 🎤 View this email as a [web page](#) Essential Minnesota logo ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA Essential Minnesota logo ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA Good morning, Minnesota! I had a bri...
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November 12, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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Inaugural Bluesky post. Today in the Star Tribune: An extremely detailed look at the presidential results in Minnesota, in a full-page spread (or as we call it in the biz, a "double truck").
November 8, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Hi Everyone:
I’m Jill Geisler. Veteran journalist, educator, and coach to lots of newsrooms and their leaders. The National Press Club Journalism Institute asked me to share some thoughts about taking care of newsrooms right now: www.pressclubinstitute.org/2024/11/06/t...
Tips for newsroom leaders to help guide their teams through this moment - Journalism Institute
Listen to people — individually. Each has a unique reaction to this moment. Don’t assume you know how they feel until they choose to tell you. Support them.
www.pressclubinstitute.org
November 10, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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i sat down with social media’s own @nortonmpls.bsky.social on "a lovely day" in Minneapolis to learn about how he came to defend the city with such passion. He says it's up to us to push back at negative portrayals of the city. www.startribune.com/lovely-day-m...
Lovely day: Minneapolis man looks to change narrative around Minneapolis with cheerful tweets, photos
Mike Norton, one of social media’s most prolific defenders of Minneapolis, says it’s up to the people who live here to push back at negative portrayals of the city.
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November 11, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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This isn't a starter pack but my first shot at recreating the much-followed News:Twin Cities+Minn Twitter list I created for the Star Tribune ages ago. You can follow the list, people on it, or pin to home screen. *Note: I will be updating this as more orgs + reporters join.
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November 11, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Oh, damn. There are people here now! Hi, my name is Eder. I’m a reporter for @startribune.bsky.social and I write the daily Essential Minnesota newsletter. Our goal is simple: To make you the most interesting person at the water cooler. Give it a whirl! pages.e2ma.net/pages/178836...
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November 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM