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Jeff Hargarten

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Minneapolis
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Covers:  data, public safety, police accountability, elections, politics, science, technology
Doesn't Cover: arts, entertainment, sports
A Minneapolis-based @StarTribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.
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Awards

Pulitzer Prize

2021 - Breaking News

For its urgent, authoritative and nuanced coverage of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis and of the reverberations that followed.

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Investigative Reporters and Editors Award

2021 - Investigation Triggered by Breaking News

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, the Star Tribune quickly pulled together a team to provide context to the incident and investigated the processes that allowed it to happen.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2021 - Page One Award: Investigative/Enterprise

Third Place for "How Minneapolis policing changed during a historic summer of turmoil"

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2020 - Page One: Best Info-graphic / Data Visualization

Third Place for "Take a guided tour of Minneapolis in 1907"

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2019 - Page One: Best Info-graphic / Data Visualization

Second Place for "How Minnesota voted for governor, neighborhood by neighborhood"

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Al Nakkula Award

2017 - Police Reporting

First place award for "A Cry for Help" along with Jennifer Bjorhus, Kelly Smith, Richard Tsong-Taatarii and MaryJo Webster.

National Headliner Award

2017 - First Place (Web or Interactive Project)

A big recognition for "A Cry for Help".

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