Saturday January 5, 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
Oct. 16, 2004: Town united in grief, divided on war
On the way to the barbershop on Friday, 4-year-old Riley Palmer noticed that many people in North Branch were sad. His...
Updated: December 13, 2011, - 11:30 AM
March 2, 2005: Marshall stops to honor fallen Guardsman
Some brought yellow roses, a floral tribute to a fallen warrior, as they came Tuesday to mourn Minnesota National Guard...
Updated: December 07, 2011, - 04:08 PM
Ron Paul ad attacks Gingrich for 'serial hypocrisy'
GOP presidential candidate releases ad attacking Newt Gingrich.
Updated: December 01, 2011, - 08:16 PM
Jill Burcum: And the snow fell
Winter will never be more than an endurance test for many of us. But I’ve come to think of it like running a marathon.
Updated: November 21, 2011, - 10:06 PM
Cain tests the limits of a pregnant pause
Another GOP has an "oops" moment. This time it's Herman Cain. Subject? Libya.
Updated: November 15, 2011, - 04:52 PM
Romney falls short on Medicare reform
The GOP presidential candidate's Medicare reform plan is a miss.
Updated: November 08, 2011, - 06:44 PM
Short take: Health care spending
Two key figures in the government debt discussion spoke candidly on Capitol Hill today.
Updated: November 02, 2011, - 11:32 AM
Cain and Perry campaigns stumble
The last few days have been disastrous for these GOP presidential candidates.
Updated: November 01, 2011, - 08:34 PM
Sunshine act inaction: Industry letter may clear the way
A letter sent Tuesday by medical-industry heavyweights is striking in this era of antiregulatory fervor.
Updated: October 27, 2011, - 10:58 AM
Medicare, Medicaid and Obama
The president's newly-released deficit reduction plan touches on these two popular government-run health programs.
Updated: September 20, 2011, - 08:54 AM
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