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Mark Boswell

Deputy News Graphics Director
Mark Boswell is Deputy News Graphics Director at the Minnesota Star Tribune and has over 30 years experience as a visual journalist, illustrator and writer.

Latest from Mark Boswell

As deer season opens, Minnesota CWD cases continue to rise

More cases of the neurodegenerative disease were reported in Minnesota deer in 2024 than any previous year, but cases are far fewer than in other states.
November 8, 2025

Welcome to the ‘school of the future’: How Twin Cities schools are debuting new designs

Three east metro schools have introduced new features to boost security, flexible learning spaces and eco-friendly features.
September 9, 2025

Memories of wild ricing days past show what’s changed and what hasn’t

Harvesting the grain with family in northwestern Minnesota was part ritual, part mystery, part rite of passage.
July 19, 2025

Where are the Minnesota wildfires? See maps where three fires are growing in Arrowhead region

The Camp House, Jenkins Creek and Munger Shaw fires continue to spread.
May 16, 2025
View of three wildfires in northern Minnesota as of May 14, 2025.

Compare the weather from 2024 with when you were a kid

See if 2024 was anything like what you remember from growing up.
January 11, 2025
An illustration of a snowman with falling leaves.

What roles did Minnesota’s Native American chiefs play? And who were some notable ones?

There are many misconceptions about these leaders, who sometimes had a fragile hold on power.
February 23, 2024

Record warmth, a dry fall and a heckuva lot of snow ends 2022

Long warm periods with four record highs, a November heat wave and unusually windy days were the trend in Twin Cities area weather in 2022.
January 6, 2023

How the Vikings' defense will change under new coordinator

The Vikings are throwing back to the 1980s — the last time Minnesota's defense featured three down linemen and four linebackers — under a new coordinator.
September 5, 2022
Showing new and old defensive configurations favored under different Vikings coaches.

How to watch Olympic curling (and actually know what's going on)

We'll help you talk smart to your friends as the U.S. men's and women's teams look to medal.
February 9, 2022
United States' John Shuster, directs his teammates, after throwing a rock, during the men's curling match against the Russian Olympic Committee, at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Why the Olympic sprint course Jessie Diggins will face is such a challenge

On a course few cross-country skiers have ever seen, Jessie Diggins of Afton has her work cut out for her as she tries to bring home more gold for the United States.
February 7, 2022
Jessie Diggins competes during the FIS World Cup in Germany in 2021.
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