Eric Roper
Curious Minnesota Editor
Since joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2009, he has covered the Twin Cities metro area, the city of Minneapolis, the state Legislature and Congress. A native of New York City, Roper lives in south Minneapolis. He is interested in the hidden systems that make urban life possible, as well as Minneapolis history. Roper is a graduate of the George Washington University and was named "Young Journalist of the Year" by the Society of Professional Journalists' Minnesota chapter in 2013. In his spare time, he is an amateur woodworker who enjoys learning new furniture-making skills.
Latest from Eric Roper
Minneapolis
Half a century late, a tribute to two trailblazing Minneapolis residents
Our new podcast “Ghost of a Chance” is centered on the lives of a couple who made their home a hub for the Black community in 1920s Minneapolis
February 13, 2025
Minneapolis
New podcast follows reporter's search for answers about his Minneapolis home's former owners
Eric Roper traces the lives of a trailblazing Black couple who owned his Minneapolis house in 1917, revealing a history of the city he hadn’t heard before.
February 10, 2025
Minneapolis
Ghost of a Chance Episode 2: Nice Little House
Clippings from the Black newspapers back in the 1910s help Eric piece together the lives of Harry and Clementine Robinson as they settle in a place as far north as they could get.
January 27, 2025
Minneapolis
Ghost of a Chance Episode 2: Nice Little House
Clippings from the Black newspapers back in the 1910s help Eric piece together the lives of Harry and Clementine Robinson as they settle in a place as far north as they could get.
January 27, 2025