Matt DeLong is an editor on the Minnesota Star Tribune's audience team. He writes Nuggets, a free, weekly email newsletter about legal cannabis in Minnesota. DeLong also oversees the Minnesota Poll and has written numerous reader-focused guides and FAQ articles on a wide range of topics. He can be reached on the encrypted messaging app Signal at mattdelong.01.

Prior to joining the Star Tribune in late 2014, DeLong was a digital editor on the national desk at the Washington Post, where he was part of the team awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs. A native of upstate New York, DeLong currently lives in Minneapolis.