The Minnesota Star Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh-largest newspaper in the United States and the primary news source in Minnesota.
It was created in 1867 as "Minneapolis Tribune" and competed with Minneapolis Daily Star in 1920. The papers merged into Star Tribune in 1982. In 2024, the paper was renamed to The Minnesota Star Tribune. Journalists from Star Tribune have won seven Pulitzer Prizes.
History
Minneapolis Tribune
The newspaper was created to have the Republican Party in one newspaper. On November 30, 1889, downtown Minneapolis's Tribune headquarters caught fire. Seven people were killed and 30 injured, and the building and presses were a total loss.
In 1891, Tribune was purchased for $450,000 (equivalent to $12million in 2020). This helped to get rid of the companies debts. In 1905, Tribune purchased The Minneapolis Times, one of their biggest competitors.
Awards
Pre-Star Tribune Pulitzer Prizes:
1948: Nat S. Finney (Minneapolis Tribune), National Reporting
1959: William Seaman (Minneapolis Star), Photography
1968: Nathan K. (Nick) Kotz (Des Moines Register and Minneapolis Tribune), National Reporting
Post-Star Tribune journalists have won three Pulitzers:
1990: Lou Kilzer and Chris Ison, Investigative Reporting
2013: Steve Sack, Editorial Cartooning
2013: Brad Schrade, Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt, Local Reporting
In 2021, the staff of the Star Tribune won a Pulitzer prize for coverage of the murder of George Floyd.
Star Tribune Downtown East headquarters until 2015