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Lynx reporter gets big promotion

Edina's Jenny Taft moves to the big leagues next month.

By Neal Justin

August 29, 2013 at 11:52AM
Former FSNorth Girl Jenny Taft, who now is a reporter for Fox Sports 1, went on a trip to Germany to represent the network in 2013.
FS North "girl" Jenny Taft with an officer during her overseas spring training ambassador mission in Germany. (Ken Chia — DML -/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Jenny Taft

Fox Sports 1, the biggest challenger yet to ESPN, just got landed another Minnesotan.

Jenny Taft, who grew up in Edina and has been working as a sideline reporter for the Minnesota Lynx on Fox Sports North, will move to the mothership next month where she'll join the Fox Sports 1 news and highlights update team.

She'll be in good company. Former KMSP news director and Minnesota native Bill Dallman is running the network's prime-time news program.

Taft broke in as a Fox Sports Girl two years ago, a role that requires a lot of social interaction with fans.

Taft earned her bachelor's degree at Boston University where she also played Division 1 lacrosse.

Any chance this means more lacrosse coverage on cable TV?

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about the writer

Neal Justin

Critic / Reporter

Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

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