StarTribune.com | Newsroom staff directory

$content.slug

On the homepage

Fireworks

Where to get your fireworks fix this weekend

Out There

Wild

Havlat already feeling at home

The Investigators

New investigative section

Business

Dick Youngblood

Columnist | Small business

Dick Youngblood, a former business editor, writes about small businesses on Wednesdays.

Gene Walden

Columnist | The Minnesota Investor

Harvey Mackay

Columnist | Outswimming the Sharks

Kara McGuire

Columnist/Reporter | Your Money

Kara McGuire covers personal finance and the stock markets. She writes a Sunday column on topics ranging from saving for retirement to kids and money and blogs on personal finance issues.

Liz Reyer

Columnist | Coach's Corner

Liz Reyer's Corner column, which advises executives, managers and workers on making positive changes, appears Mondays in the Star Tribune's Business Insider section.

Lou Gelfand

Columnist | Talking Ethics

Lou Gelfand writes a business ethics column Mondays in the Star Tribune.

Neal St. Anthony

Columnist | On Business

Neal St. Anthony writes a general business column Tuesdays and Fridays.

Steve Alexander

Columnist/Reporter | Technology

Steve Alexander follows consumer and business technology trends, and writes a weekly question and answer column for consumers. He also is a general-assignment reporter for business news.

#P: 1
#E: 1

Cars

Paul Brand

Columnist | Cars

Paul Brand writes about autos for the Star Tribune.

#P: 1
#E: 1
#P: 1
#E: 0

Entertainment

C.J.

Columnist | The Dish

C.J. is a columnist in the Star Tribune's Twin Cities section. Her column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Chris Riemenschneider

Columnist/Reporter | Local Music

Chris writes about Twin Cities music, reviews concerts and CDs, and blogs at www.startribune.com/poplife.

Colin Covert

Columnist/Reporter | Movies

Colin Covert covers movies for the Star Tribune.

Don Lindich

Columnist | Consumer electronics

Don Lindich writes about consumer electronics. Submit questions at www.soundadviceblog.com.

Neal Justin

Columnist/Reporter | Television

Neal Justin is the TV critic, who writes about national and local programming. His picks appear daily, and his column runs on Sundays and Mondays. He also writes the Remote Island blog.

Randy A. Salas

Columnist/Reporter | Technobabble

Randy A. Salas is the assistant Features editor. He also writes the weekly Technobabble column and other articles about DVDs, video games, the Internet and home entertainment, as well as the Technoba

Rick Nelson

Columnist/Reporter | Dining and Food

Rick Nelson is a restaurant critic and food writer, and he and Claude Peck are the "RN" and "CP," respectively, of Withering Glance, a podcast and Sunday Source column.

Tom Horgen

Columnist/Reporter | Nightwatch

Tom Horgen covers Twin Cities nightlife, and also writes about pop-culture topics, such as hip-hop, art, spoken-word poetry and comic books.

#P: 1
#E: 1

Homes

Karen Youso

Columnist/Reporter | Fixit

Karen Youso writes Fixit, a column that answers readers questions on any subject; and also writes feature stories on consumer issues, especially about the house and yard.

Kelly Klein

Columnist | Renting and the Law

Kelly Klein is a Minneapolis attorney who writes the Renting and the Law column in the Homes section.

Kenneth Harney

Columnist | Homes

Kenneth Harney is a nationally syndicated real estate columnist.

#P: 1
#E: 1
#P: 1
#E: 0

Jobs

Kevin Donlin

Sales + Marketing Columnist | Jobs

Kevin Donlin is Creator of TheSimpleJobSearch.com. Since 1996, he has provided job-search help to more than 11,000 people. Author of 3 books, Kevin has been interviewed by USA Today, The New York Tim

Liz Reyer

Columnist | Coach's Corner

Liz Reyer's Corner column, which advises executives, managers and workers on making positive changes, appears Mondays in the Star Tribune's Business Insider section.

Matt Krumrie

Sales + Marketing columnist | Careers

Matt Krumrie answers readers' questions about job-hunting the first Sunday of each month. Matt has 10 years of experience reporting on the employment industry.

#P: 1
#E: 1

LIfestyle

Al Sicherman

Columnist | Tidbits

Al Sicherman writes the Tidbits column for the Taste section. He is a retired columnist for the Star Tribune.

Alicia Ross

Columnist | Desperation Dinners

Alicia Ross is coauthor of "Cheap. Fast. Good!" with Beverly Mills. Reach them at www.desperationdinners.com.

Amy Dickinson

Columnist | Advice

Ask Amy appears on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Bill Ward

Reporter/Columnist | Lifestyle/Entertainment/Wine

Bill Ward is a reporter for the daily Source section and writes a weekly wine column, Liquid Assets, for Taste. He also has a blog, Ward on Wine.

Carolyn Hax

Columnist | Relationships

Carolyn Hax is a 40-something repatriated New Englander with a liberal arts degree and a lot of opinions and that's about it, really, when you get right down to it. Oh, and the shoes. A lot of shoes.

Chris Farrell

Columnist | Your Money

Chris Farrell is economics editor for American Public Media's weekly "Marketplace Money" show. Send questions to cfarrell@mpr.org and put "Your Money" in the sub

Christopher Elliott

Columnist | Travel Troubleshooter

Christopher Elliott is ombudsman at National Geographic Traveler magazine.

Chuck Shepherd

Columnist | Weird news

Chuck Shepherd writes the syndicated column News of the Weird.

Deb Brown

Columnist | Digging In

Deb Brown is a garden writer and former extension horticulturist with the University of Minnesota. To ask her a question, call 612-673-9073 and leave a message. She will answer questions in her colum

Gene Walden

Columnist | The Minnesota Investor

#P: 1
#E: 2

Local

Barbara Flanagan

Columnist | The Flanagan Memo

Barbara Flanagan writes her Flanagan Memo column on the first Monday of each month.

Gail Rosenblum

Columnist | Metro

Gail Rosenblum is a metro section columnist.

James Lileks

Columnist/Editor | buzz.mn

James Lileks is the editor of buzz.mn, and also write a metro column on Fridays. He also is an anchor/producer for NewsBreak, the weekday webcast on startribune.com.

Jon Tevlin

Columnist | Metro

Jon Tevlin is a metro section columnist.

Patrice Relerford

Reporter | Minneapolis Schools

Patrice Relerford covers schools and community issues in the city of Minneapolis.

Steve Brandt

Reporter | Minneapolis City Hall

Steve Brandt covers Minneapolis City Hall and city issues.

#P: 1
#E: 1
#P: 1
#E: 0
#P: 1
#E: 0

Opinion

Lori Sturdevant

Editorial Writer/Columnist |

Lori Sturdevant is an editorial writer and weekly columnist covering state politics and government.

#P: 1
#E: 1
#P: 1
#E: 0
#P: 1
#E: 0

Science + Technology

Don Lindich

Columnist | Consumer electronics

Don Lindich writes about consumer electronics. Submit questions at www.soundadviceblog.com.

Steve Alexander

Columnist/Reporter | Technology

Steve Alexander follows consumer and business technology trends, and writes a weekly question and answer column for consumers. He also is a general-assignment reporter for business news.

#P: 1
#E: 1