Jenna Ross

Reporter

Arts and Culture

Jenna Ross is an arts and culture reporter with the Minnesota Star Tribune. She specializes in newsy features and in-depth profiles, spotting emerging issues and intriguing characters. The national Society for Features Journalism honored her work with a first-place prize for "Specialty Writing Portfolio" in 2021. Before joining the paper’s arts and entertainment team, she wrote about regional and breaking news as an enterprise reporter. Her favorite stories on that beat seemed to involve big lakes: She captured the winter surfing scene on Lake Superior and profiled the longtime teacher at the one-room schoolhouse on Lake of the Woods. A Duluth native, she published her first newspaper, "The Ross Report," when she was 11 years old.

Jenna Ross is an arts and culture reporter with the Minnesota Star Tribune. She specializes in newsy features and in-depth profiles, spotting emerging issues and intriguing characters. The national Society for Features Journalism honored her work with a first-place prize for "Specialty Writing Portfolio" in 2021. Before joining the paper’s arts and entertainment team, she wrote about regional and breaking news as an enterprise reporter. Her favorite stories on that beat seemed to involve big lakes: She captured the winter surfing scene on Lake Superior and profiled the longtime teacher at the one-room schoolhouse on Lake of the Woods. A Duluth native, she published her first newspaper, "The Ross Report," when she was 11 years old.

Contact

jenna.ross@startribune.com

612-673-7168

Latest from Jenna Ross

Things To Do

Famous on TikTok, One Minute Tours guy goes long with new YouTube series

For 12 years, Mankato-raised John O’Sullivan led tours in other countries. Now, he’s exploring Minnesota.

January 18, 2025

Things To Do

Part art, part science: Art Shanty Projects returning to Lake Harriet ice

After last year’s event was cut short by March-like temperatures, organizers have been monitoring the forecast.

January 10, 2025

Stage & Arts

As funding wanes and costs rise, Twin Cities dance scene is at ‘an inflection point’

Many hope that in its next iteration, the Cowles Center can act as a hub for a dance scene grappling with post-pandemic struggles.

January 4, 2025

Things To Do

Kids who loved the Scholastic Book Fair are flocking to grown-up versions of the events

Minneapolis brewery is the latest to host a book fair for adults, tapping into shoppers’ nostalgia.

January 2, 2025