Jenna Ross

Reporter | Arts and Culture

Jenna Ross is an arts and culture reporter.

Jenna Ross is an arts and culture reporter with the Star Tribune. She specializes in newsy features and in-depth profiles, spotting emerging issues and intriguing characters. The national Society for Features Journalism honored her work with a first-place prize for "Specialty Writing Portfolio" in 2021. Before joining the paper's arts and entertainment team, she wrote about regional and breaking news as an enterprise reporter. Her favorite stories on that beat seemed to involve big lakes: She captured the winter surfing scene on Lake Superior and profiled the longtime teacher at the one-room schoolhouse on Lake of the Woods. A Duluth native, she published her first newspaper, "The Ross Report," when she was 11 years old.

Recent content from Jenna Ross

'Golden Bachelor' couple announce they're divorcing

After three months of marriage, Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist announced on "Good Morning America" that they're done.

Minnesotan Daisy Kent proud to bring 'small-town feels' to 'The Bachelor'

The reality show's runner-up talks about the tough decision to go on the show, her family's support and the importance of representation.

Why Minnesotans tend to go far on 'The Bachelor'

We crunched the highly scientific numbers to see if our suspicions were right.

The widower fans want as next 'Golden Bachelor' grew up in Minnesota

Better known as "Kelsey's hot dad," Mark Anderson still cheers for the Vikings. In an interview, he talked about losing his wife to cancer and whether he'd consider finding love via reality TV.

A novel idea: These Minnesota book clubs are silent

Silent Book Club meetings work differently, with folks quietly turning the pages of whatever books they happen to be reading: "I hated assigned reading in school."

Minnesotan Daisy Kent ends 'Bachelor' alone — but on her own terms

The 25-year-old won't become "The Bachelorette," instead focusing on "the things I love and the people I love."

One of final two roses on 'The Bachelor' goes to Minnesotan Daisy Kent

After "fantasy suite" dates, the 25-year-old advances to the finale, which airs next week.

New photos show Timothée Chalamet on set as Bob Dylan

The Minnesota bard is an executive producer of the film, which is being shot in New York City.

Before finale, get to know Daisy Kent, the bubbly Minnesotan on 'The Bachelor'

Her family in Becker, Minn., describes what it was like for her to lose, then gain, her health and her hearing: "It's not all sunshine and roses — and she knows that."

Two Minnesotans are among the 19 new members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Composer Libby Larsen and author Charles Baxter have earned international reputations from their Minneapolis homes.

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