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Katie Humphrey

Regional Team Leader
Humphrey grew up in rural Minnesota and graduated from Northwestern University. She was a metro reporter for the Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas, before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune, reporting on local news and later, technology and social media. As a team leader, she has edited reporters covering a variety of local news topics.

Latest from Katie Humphrey

Music

Fans leave flowers, touch Prince's star on First Avenue's wall

Officials shared memories of the music legend.
April 23, 2016
Minneapolis

Family mourns 'very special' boy killed while trick-or-treating

Vigil planned for 5-year-old boy who was hit by car while trick-or-treating in Minneapolis.
November 3, 2015
Victor Uriel Laureano-Uriza, 5
Variety

Day trip: Hopkins serves up history hip in the 'burbs

Suburbs get snubbed a lot — Pleasantvilles with no culture, no history, no nightlife. Not true in Hopkins. If there is a recipe for what's trendy in big-city neighborhoods, Hopkins already has all the ingredients.
May 28, 2015
Open since 1972, SS Billiards is the place to go for pinball machines, video games, and regulation-sized pool tables. Family-friendly and open to all ages, it is not a bar. Photographed July 25, 2014. (Courtney Perry/Special to the Star Tribune)
Variety

Find apps for the kids' new gadgets

Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that specializes in media, technology and families, recently released an updated list of "Essential Apps for Kids and Teens."
December 26, 2014
Variety

Top Web trends: Ice buckets, World Cup and #Ferguson

You can tell a lot about a country by what it tweets, googles and views on YouTube.
December 24, 2014
Beyonce attends the 2014 Billboard Women in Music luncheon at Cipriani Wall Street on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Migration Catchall

Cameron's Coffee wants you to #CrushtheCups

Local ad firm Olson is running the social media campaign, which offers a grand prize trip to Hawaii.
December 16, 2014
Variety

Find apps for the kids' new gadgets

Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that specializes in media, technology and families, recently released an updated list of "Essential Apps for Kids and Teens."
December 26, 2014
Variety

Top Web trends: Ice buckets, World Cup and #Ferguson

You can tell a lot about a country by what it tweets, googles and views on YouTube.
December 24, 2014
Beyonce attends the 2014 Billboard Women in Music luncheon at Cipriani Wall Street on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Migration Catchall

Cameron's Coffee wants you to #CrushtheCups

Local ad firm Olson is running the social media campaign, which offers a grand prize trip to Hawaii.
December 16, 2014
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