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As the Minnesota Star Tribune begins counting down the final days of 2024, we know this year offered much to remember. The stories you’ve seen in our report have chronicled a year of joy, pain, triumph, loss, community and conflict in Minnesota. In the days and weeks to come, you’ll see all manner of year-in-review coverage from the Midwest’s largest newsroom.
From the best burgers to the finest art to the strongest plays to the most iconic stories, our journalists are looking back on the year that was. Nowhere can you read more about what happened in Minnesota this year than in the Strib.
We look back because it helps us look forward. If we’re doing it right, each year teaches us something we didn’t know before and makes the next year stronger.
As I look back at a pivotal year for the Minnesota Star Tribune, I’ve learned so much from our team, our readers and our journalism. In reflecting on it all, my biggest feeling is gratitude.
I’m grateful to work with the best local newsroom in the country. Our journalists fearlessly report the truth every day, often at great personal sacrifice. They do it because they believe the public deserves to know the truth, and because good journalism is at the foundation of good and healthy communities. They fight for all of us in the face of threats and intimidation because they care about their work. I feel lucky to get to work with such talented and committed colleagues.
Of course, the news goes nowhere without a great product team, committed delivery people and a host of production leaders who ensure the “daily miracle” of producing our report hasn’t missed a single day since our founding. The same can be said for our business leaders, who work tirelessly to fund and support great journalism every day.