Junkyard Pilates
Like many companies, a St. Paul auto parts firm wants to reduce work injuries. So it’s trying Pilates. ©2010 Star Tribune – Republished with permission. A link to the original story is available here.
Finding Ramona
Multimedia story produced with Bryan Derballa at the 2010 Eddie Adams Workshop. You can check out more videos from the Eddie Adams Workshop here.
Skydiver jumps 150 times in one day
Prior Lake skydiver Kevin Burkart completed 150 jumps in one day. Burkart’s original goal was 200 jumps, but overcast skies in the morning delayed the start of the event by six hours. This story was originally featured on StarTribune.com. ©2010 Star Tribune – Republished with permission.
Living outside the Green Zone
May 30, 2010 – A local soldier lost his leg in a roadside bomb near Fallujah, Iraq, but he has since been denied the $50,000 insurance benefit for his loss. A link to the full story is available here. Produced by McKenna Ewen. ©2010 Star Tribune – Republished with permission.
A welcome home for St. Cloud area veterans
The community of St. Cloud held a welcome-home event for veterans and their families on Sunday, March 28.
The quest for the next Lindsey Vonn
Young skiers are chasing their dreams on the same hill where Lindsey Vonn first learned to ski. ©2010 Star Tribune – Republished with permission.
Spc. Carlos Wilcox
July 28, 2009 – Friends and family remember Specialist Carlos Wilcox IV, 27, who died in a missile strike near Basra, Iraq.
Vikings-Packers: Beyond the victory
A photo recap of Monday night’s game. The Vikings won 30-23 and Brett Favre became the first player to defeat all 32 NFL teams. Originally produced for the Star Tribune. Photography by Carlos Gonzalez, Jerry Holt, Brian Peterson, Jeff Wheeler and McKenna Ewen.
‘My home is on fire’
University of Minnesota student Amirhossein Kiani uses music to cope with the violence in his home country of Iran. Originally produced for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Welcome back to campus
The Gophers opened up their football season with a 20-13 victory over Air Force in the first game ever played at TCF Bank stadium.
Twinkie sales at the fair
State Fair salesman Sean Leake stirs up interest in his deep-fried Twinkies.
TCF Bank Stadium debut
Fans watched the Gophers play, for the first time, in the team’s new football stadium as part of the team’s annual preseason scrimmage.
Plane crash kills two
Wayne Monson, 53, and Iryna Chayka, 29, died when their plane crashed shortly after taking off at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. Originally featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
MJ’s death inspires artists
Hip-hop artists Manifest and Blueprint were randomly paired up at the Red Bull Music Academy’s “Content Under Pressure” event to produce a song in less than three hours.
Times of Recession: Second Hand
Childhood friends Cullen Donovan and David Schuster are starting up the Twin Cities’ newest thrift store, the Lost and Found.
Times of Recession: Finding Home
New homeowner Laura Weir of Minneapolis has been saving up for the day she could move into her own house since her college graduation. Weir, 23, lived with her parents after graduation and managed to set aside enough money to recently purchase a foreclosed home off Lake Nokomis for $150,000. // The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home [...]
Times of Recession: Family Man
Minneapolis resident Hugo Camacho remodeled homes with Dovetail Renovation for seven years until he was laid off last March. Now, he starts each Monday at the WorkForce Center in South Minneapolis to search for jobs.
Times of Recession: Fare Share
Minneapolis is a tough place for taxicabs. The city has been flooded with drivers in recent years and now the economic crisis has caused less people to travel downtown and spend money.
Times of Recession: Educación
San Miguel Middle School is a private, Catholic school in South Minneapolis with only 57 students. The students speak Spanish as their first language and 96 percent of them qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Times of Recession: Basic Needs
The Asian Meals on Wheels program, supported by the Neighborhood House in St. Paul, is the only program in the country to deliver culturally specific food to the Hmong community.
