Newsroom developer |
Newsroom
Originally from Michigan, Tom spent a decade at the nonprofit news website MinnPost before joining the Star Tribune.
Reporter |
Dining and Food
Nelson and Taste editor Lee Svitak Dean are publishing "The Great Minnesota Cookie Book: Award-winning recipes from the Star Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest" (University of Minnesota Press) in October 2018.
Editor |
St. Paul
Emma Nelson has been a Star Tribune journalist for the past decade, with coverage ranging from politics to women's reproductive health to the economy. As an editor she has led teams of local government reporters, including a group that covered the aftermath of Daunte Wright's killing by a Brooklyn Center police officer. Nelson has won Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists Page One awards for investigative and breaking news reporting, and was part of a team that won the organization's 2022 Story of the Year award for coverage of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Senior editor |
Lifestyle
Prior to becoming an editor, she wrote extensively on home- and garden-related topics.
Home & Garden Editor |
Home & Garden
Minnesota Twins reporter |
Newsroom
Retail Reporter |
Retail
Norfleet joined the Star Tribune's business team in the winter of 2015 after working as the St. Paul public safety reporter and holding various other metro assignments. She is originally from the East Coast, but now calls the East Side of St. Paul home. Norfleet and her partner Liz have one tabby son named Max and enjoy craft beer, Korean dramas and camping with family. She is a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.