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Jill Burcum

Editorial Writer
Phone: 612-673-7846
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 has previously worked for Mayo Clinic and Ican Inc. She lives in Andover with her husband and two children.

Recent content from Jill Burcum

Kent Conrad: 'This (health care) bill is ... not the status quo'

North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad, a Democrat, was a member over the summer of the select group of the "Gang of Six" -- a big player in the health reform debate. Here he answers questions from the Star Tribune.

Updated: September 21, 2009, - 11:45 PM

Conservative mag likes governor's 'swagger'

Tim Pawlenty may not have won the straw poll at the recent Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit, but his...

Updated: September 21, 2009, - 03:00 PM

Washington Post examines the Mayo model

Minnesota’s well-known Mayo Clinic got a check-up Sunday in a high-profile Washington Post story.The article raises fair questions about whether...

Updated: September 21, 2009, - 01:06 PM

Senators put focus back on payment reform

What should have been front and center in health care reform — overhauling a fee-for-service payment system that rewards quantity...

Updated: September 17, 2009, - 05:46 PM

Text of Klobuchar/Franken letter opposing medical device tax

Minnesota’s pair of Democratic U.S. Senators formalized their objections Tuesday to a proposal that would levy a $4 billion a...

Updated: September 15, 2009, - 04:22 PM

Pawlenty urges no tax on medical device industry

The medical device industry got another high-profile advocate Monday -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- in opposing...

Updated: September 14, 2009, - 06:14 PM

DEVICE MAKERS ENTER FRAY

Expect to hear more on health care reform from an industry that's largely stayed out of the headlines in the ongoing national debate -- medical device makers.

Updated: September 12, 2009, - 10:35 PM

Medical device industry fights proposed health reform tax

The medical device industry, which has generally stayed out of the headlines when it comes to health care reform so...

Updated: September 10, 2009, - 06:18 PM

Jill Burcum: Food for thought from State Fair shuttle buses

So did anyone else see the irony in Thursday’s Star Tribune story about long lines and back-ups for the Minnesota...

Updated: September 04, 2009, - 10:35 AM

Jill Burcum: 'Death panel' fears: Mayo Clinic refutes them

The Economist magazine dubbed Mayo Clinic one of the nation's most influential voices in the health care reform debate. President Obama has cited the Rochester medical center in many speeches.

Updated: August 29, 2009, - 04:17 PM

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