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Jennifer Bjorhus

Investigative reporter  |  Business

Phone: 612-673-4683

E-mail: jennifer.bjorhus@startribune.com

Jennifer Bjorhus joined the Star Tribune’s business section in October 2008. Prior to that she worked as an enterprise business reporter at the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, focusing on housing and the economy. She won several awards for “Uneasy Street,” a groundbreaking series of stories investigating the early stages of the foreclosure crisis in the Twin Cities. Bjorhus returned to Minnesota in 2002 after reporting for the San Jose Mercury News, where she was part of the newspaper’s strike team covering California’s power crisis and reported special projects on tech factories in Mexico and laid-off Silicon Valley tech workers returning to India. She previously worked for The Oregonian, The Seattle Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. She holds two masters degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in Asian Studies and in Journalism.

Recent content from Jennifer Bjorhus

• A long and windy road
  Dan Juhl was playing in bar bands in Alaska when he stumbled into harvesting wind for energy. Today, he's a pioneer in helping communities mount their own wind projects.
  Mar 17, 2010
• GM to reinstate 660 dealerships
  Thirty-six Minnesota auto dealers expect to hear next week whether they'll be getting a reprieve.
  Mar 5, 2010
• Supervalu looks to claw its way back
  The Eden Prairie-based supermarket chain will launch the WholeCare Pet line throughout its stores, its latest store-brand effort to revive sagging sales.
  Mar 2, 2010
• Shareholders of 2 bottlers OK Pepsi merger
  The sale of PepsiAmericas, one of Minnesota's Fortune 500 companies, would net Robert Pohlad $370 million.
  Feb 18, 2010
• Group floats Jacobs loan for boat factory
  The deal allows the entrepreneur to proceed with his purchase of the old Genmar operation in Little Falls.
  Feb 12, 2010
• Minnetonka man accused of running giant mortgage fraud pleads not guilty
  Michael Prieskorn, 35, was arrested in Florida last month. The indictment against him says he pocketed millions of dollars.
  Feb 10, 2010
• Trading places
  Jacobs Trading Co. often profits from the mistakes of other businesses. But not this time, investors learned.
  Feb 10, 2010
• Home fraud suspect arrested in Florida
  Michael Prieskorn, who left Minnesota in 2007, faces 27 federal charges in connection with bogus "buyers" of about 70 houses.
  Jan 26, 2010
• Project: Lenders Gone Wild
  The collapse in real estate values is taking a toll on Minnesota’s small banks and credit unions. Regulators have seized and closed two banks since 2008, with dozens on a secret watch list - and banking officials say more will fail. That could have big implications for Minnesota’s economy.
  Jan 26, 2010
• North Dakota vs. Minnesota: Dust-up over carbon
  North Dakota is none too pleased with Minnesota as a deadline nears for what North Dakota claims will be a tax on coal-fired electricity.
  Jan 15, 2010

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