Josephine Marcotty
Josephine Marcotty is a medical writer and investigative reporter based on the Star Tribune’s health team. She specializes in coverage of reproductive health, transplant medicine and infectious diseases. Her work includes coverage of an impotence clinic that was overdosing patients with drugs for erectile dysfunction, sending them to the emergency room; misconduct and conflicts of interest at the University of Minnesota Medical School; an examination of the growth in palliative care and a series on the infertility industry. Marcotty holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Michigan. She came to the Star Tribune in 1979 and has worked as a business reporter and as a health and science editor. She became a medical writer in 1999. Her work on the series “Your Choice: Health Care’s New Era,” received a National Headliner Award in 2009. She was honored by the Minnesota Associated Press in 2003 for “Cory’s Legacy,” the story of a transplant. She has received numerous awards for her coverage of mental illness in Minnesota. Before coming to the Star Tribune, Marcotty was a reporter at the Dayton Daily News in Ohio.
Recent content from Josephine Marcotty
At Lutsen, a battle of skis against trout
Resort could get OK to draw more water from Poplar River.
Updated: May 12, 2011, - 09:22 PM
A man of peace, in work pants or the pulpit
A conscientious objector during World War II, Donald Woodward became a minister and hospital chaplain.
Updated: May 10, 2011, - 09:31 PM
Minnesota River still ailing
Skeptics ask whether hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on the right strategies to clean up the river.
Updated: May 10, 2011, - 10:23 AM
EPA focuses on chronic polluter
A sugar beet plant near Renville has a long history of fines from the state for draining pollutants into the Minnesota River.
Updated: May 07, 2011, - 10:45 PM
Saving creeks and lakes, one lawn at a time
Some communities are trying to change the manicured-lawn mindset to reduce chemical runoff.
Updated: May 02, 2011, - 07:56 AM
Carp alarm sounds
A 27-pound bighead caught in the St. Croix River this week is a sign of a feared disastrous invasion.
Updated: April 20, 2011, - 11:37 PM
Sediment strangling our rivers
Sediment from Minnesota's farm country threatens to choke off life in the state's two great rivers. A solution is no clearer than the water flowing through Lake Pepin.
Updated: April 19, 2011, - 03:51 PM
Feds lay out plan to delist Great Lakes wolf
The wolf population is growing, and federal officials are taking them off the endangered list. But the debate is often raw.
Updated: April 15, 2011, - 09:52 PM
Could a nuclear disaster occur in Monticello or Prairie Island?
Some neighbors fear the worst; others see just another risk.
Updated: April 03, 2011, - 11:04 AM
Watered-down wild rice protection?
A legislative shift on environmental priorities could bring a "train wreck" -- and a veto from Gov. Dayton.
Updated: April 03, 2011, - 10:19 AM
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