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Mara Klecker

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Covers:  human interest journalism, narrative journalism, general assignment
K-12 education reporter @StarTribune. Formerly @OWHnews. Grad of @Unl_CoJMC. Tips about schools? mara.klecker@startribune.com

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Mara Klecker’s Biography

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I’m currently writing for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where I cover K-12 schools in Minneapolis. I previously worked on a team covering the Twin Cities suburbs.
Before coming to Minnesota, I spent two years at the Omaha World-Herald. I'm a 2016 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
In college, I held internships at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Lincoln Journal Star. Through the Global Eyewitness prog…

Mara Klecker’s Journalist Portfolio

He's safe here but dreams of home in Syria

He's safe here but dreams of home in Syria

Gabriel Jabbour fled Syria after a warning that Islamic State fighters were planning to publicly behead him f…

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La Cienega: A town with no children

La Cienega: A town with no children

After a drought devastated La Cienga, Ecuador, every working family packed up and left. Just twelve somber se…

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A mother feels the clock ticking in her efforts to halt a rare disease she knows too well

A mother feels the clock ticking in her efforts to halt a rare disease she knows too well

There are five people in the United States that live with Jansen's Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia. Neena Nizar …

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At home in America: 'I am so thankful'

At home in America: 'I am so thankful'

Back then -- when she was freezing atop the boxcar, when she was vomiting blood, when she was learning the da…

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Investigative series on Minnesota charter schools

Investigative series on Minnesota charter schools

Minnesota launched the charter school movement but most schools in the state have failed to live up to the in…

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Articles

Minnesota faith leaders weigh AI's place in church life

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| The Brunswick News Verified
By Mara Klecker, Star Tribune The rise of artificial intelligence has Minnesota faith leaders wrestling with questions that feel both ancient and newly urgent: How should they respond to a force rapidly reshaping daily life? And where is the line between using technology to, say, streamline church work and allowing it into relationships and spiritual practices long defined by what is human and what is divine?
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Minnesota faith leaders weigh AI's place in church life

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| Miami Herald Verified
The rise of artificial intelligence has Minnesota faith leaders wrestling with questions that feel both ancient and newly urgent: How should they respond to a force rapidly reshaping daily life? And where is the line between using technology to, say, streamline church work and allowing it into relationships and spiritual practices long defined by what is human and what is divine?
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Minnesota faith leaders weigh AI’s place in church life

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| The Lawton Constitution Verified
The rise of artificial intelligence has Minnesota faith leaders wrestling with questions that feel both ancient and newly urgent: How should they respond to a force rapidly reshaping daily life? And where is the line between using technology to, say, streamline church work and allowing it into relationships and spiritual practices long defined by what is human and what is divine? kAm|:??6D@E2 A2DE@CD 2C6 2=C625J FD:?8 px E@ DF>>2C:K6 >66E:?8D[ 3C2:?DE@C> D6C>@?
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Interview

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I have an Underwood on my desk at home, though it's really only for decoration.

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

I love #OHnewsroom (Overheard in the Newsroom).

Why did you become a journalist?

What other job pays you to go meet fascinating people from all walks of life? How could I be doing anything else?

Awards

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Hearst Journalism Award

2014 - 2nd place, Personality Profile
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Society of Professional Journalists Award

Mark of Excellence, Feature Writing, Large School Division
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Jim Denney Feature Writing Scholarship

2015 - Feature writing

The scholarship, presented in memory of longtime Omaha World-Herald reporter Jim Denney, is given to students who show an aptitude for feature writing based on three submitted examples of their work.

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Hearst Journalism Award

2015 - 7th place, Team Multimedia

For "La Cienega," a partner-produced multimedia documentary about 13 elderly villagers who've chosen to die where they lived--in the Ecuadorian countryside.

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