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Steph Quinn

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Steph Quinn is a summer 2024 intern for the Star Tribune.


Quinn graduated in May 2024 with a master's from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. There, she reported on Maryland's youth legal system for Capital News Service and was chosen as a student leader on two projects at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, including the Howard Centers' partnership with the Associated Press on "Lethal Restraint." With a Ph.D. in history, she brings to her reporting a decade of experience researching how migrant laborers and women shaped urban life in Namibia during apartheid. After earning her Ph.D. from Stanford in 2019, Quinn held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of the Free State in South Africa, where she lived for over three years.
Recent content from Steph Quinn
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Rows of quonset hut housing shown from above.

How Quonset huts helped solve the post-WWII housing crisis in the Twin Cities

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Thirsty at a Gophers game? Soon you can have a cocktail

Fans can already buy beer and malt beverages. Now the University of Minnesota regents approved a plan to phase in liquor sales and in-seat "hawking" at U athletics venues.
A black and white spotted dog stands amid bedding of shredded newspaper in a metal kennel at the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley.

Twin Cities Humane Society needs newspapers for critters' kennels

The group requests public donations amid dwindling supply of newspapers, which are used to line animal living spaces.
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Trouble getting a Minnesota driver's license? Here's why.

More people seeking licenses, combined with a years-old staffing shortage, have congested the state's licensing system.
A beer sits atop a garbage can as Gopher fans cheer a long first quarter play against New Hampshire Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at TCF Bank Stadium in Mi

University of Minnesota could add cocktails, bottle service into the mix at stadiums

Athletics Director Mark Coyle said Big Ten competitiveness and fan experiences are driving the proposal to expand liquor offerings and sales in the stands.