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Jeff Rivers
Assistant Night Coordinator | Sports
- Phone: 612-673-7928
- Email: jrivers@startribune.com
Jeff Rivers is an assistant night sports section coordinator. He has worked at the Star Tribune the past 20 years, working in my present role for most of the past 16. He is in charge of assigning stories to the copy desk, reading those stories, headline and cutlines and making sure deadlines are made.
Previous to being at the Star Tribune Rivers worked at the Lansing (Michigan) State Journal, first as a copy editor, then as the assistant sports editor and finally as the sports editor for three years. He also worked at the Winona Daily News, the Ottumwa (Iowa) Courier and the Decatur (Illinois) Herald & Review. A native of Winona, RIvers is a Winona Cotter High School and St. Mary's (Winona) University graduate.