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Kim Hyatt’s Biography

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I'm an award-winning journalist working for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead as the night reporter — when your beat is the night, anything can come across your desk. Previously worked for Minnesota newspapers in Owatonna and Duluth after graduating from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2014.

TweetDeck and coffee are my lifeblood.

Kim Hyatt’s Journalist Portfolio

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A lot of clips, photos and design examples from college plus a few employment and award updates along the way.

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A year ago, Bemidji lost millions of trees to a derecho. It’s now at high risk for wildfires.

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| The Chippewa Herald Verified
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A year ago, Bemidji lost millions of trees to a derecho. It's now at high risk for wildfires.

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| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
News & Politics A year ago, Bemidji lost millions of trees to a derecho.It's now at high risk for wildfires. The cascading disaster fuels concerns as the community recovers, and replanting and rebuilding form a long, complicated road. BEMIDJI - Chris Muller remembers bullet-resistant windows pulsating inside the dispatch center. As director of Beltrami County Emergency Management, Muller knew a powerful storm was coming.
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Small Minn. town’s 116-year-old PD dissolved

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By Kim Hyatt and Jp Lawrence The Minnesota Star Tribune BLACKDUCK, Minn. — This small northern Minnesota city surrounded by pines has had a Police Department since 1910, when there was a jail in City Hall and a constable walked the streets telling kids to get home at dark. That long tradition of local policing faded years ago in Blackduck and it’s about to end altogether.
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Interview

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, but mostly just at thrift stores.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Lois Lane or Mary Tyler Moore (sans television).

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Twitter, Tweetdeck, Google Docs, and perhaps a pen and paper.

Awards

Minnesota Newspaper Association

2016 - General assignment

Kim Hyatt took home first place in the coveted Dave Pyle New Journalist Award, given to journalists who have been in the business less than two years. Hyatt joined the People’s Press staff in September 2014, her first journalism job out of college. “Kim Hyatt demonstrates excellent news judgment and journalistic ability,” the judges said after reading Hyatt’s portfolio of stories and photographs. “Reading her clips, you would never know they were produced in her first year on the job.”

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Steven R. Fox Journalism Scholarship

2013 - Journalism

Awarded based on a recommendation from the journalism faculty in the at the University of Minnesota Duluth during the College of Liberal Arts scholarship ceremony May 2013. The scholarship's namesake, Steve R. Fox, is a 1974 UMD graduate and recipient of the 1997 distinguished alumni award. Fox spent more than 30 years in the journalism profession. He is now president of Greenspring Media Group, a Minneapolis-based publishing company and producer of consumer events and shows.

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