Friday January 4, 2013
Jill Burcum
Editorial Writer
Phone: 612-673-7846
Email: jill.burcum@startribune.com
Jill Burcum has been an editorial writer since March 2008, joining the editorial board after working in the Star Tribune newsroom as an editor and reporter. She writes on a broad number of topics, but is particularly interested in health care, suburban issues and energy policy. Burcum has won numerous awards for her news coverage. Her work helped spur an FDA shutdown of a Georgia tissue bank and caused a Minnesota company to pull a dangerous supplement off the market after football player Korey Stringer's death. In 2009, she won her second Premack Award for public affairs journalism for an editorial that called for a nonpartisan inquiry into ethics allegations in the state attorney general's office. Burcum graduated magna cum laude from the University of Washington in 1991 and started her career as a reporter for the Rochester Post-Bulletin. Burcum lives in Andover with her husband and two children.
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Recent content from Jill Burcum
Cashing in on doomsday
Many so-called end-of-the-world prophets are really all about profit.
Updated: December 20, 2012, - 09:26 PM
Fiscal responsibility, gangnam style
An 81-year-old former senator has a message about the fiscal cliff for the "old coots" in Congress.
Updated: December 05, 2012, - 04:11 PM
Biden's awkward moment
Vice president serves up monologue fodder at biker hangout.
Updated: September 10, 2012, - 06:08 PM
Health care: A prairie vision
By administering Medicaid at a local level, an initiative in southwestern Minnesota hopes to save money and improve care. It could well be a pioneering model.
Updated: September 02, 2012, - 03:02 PM
A gymnast's resolve
Jordyn Wieber displayed the heart of a champion.
Updated: August 02, 2012, - 10:19 AM
Rep. Erik Paulsen earns magazine's praise
Working Mother magazines notes his support for policies supportive of working parents.
Updated: July 25, 2012, - 03:26 PM
A heckler at the White House
He ill-served his new media colleagues.
Updated: June 18, 2012, - 02:55 PM
Graduation without Pinterest, please
Pinterest's high bar for party decor is a bit maddening for this editorial writer.
Updated: June 08, 2012, - 08:59 PM
Rescue effort is a point of pride
Minnesota State Trooper Carl Hoffman did Minnesota proud this week with his quick, life-saving thinking.
Updated: April 17, 2012, - 08:08 PM
A milestone for Congressman Walz
A bill he championed regarding the stock trades of members of Congress becomes law.
Updated: April 14, 2012, - 06:05 PM
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