As a Star Tribune summer intern, I didn’t expect that my intern cohort would meet in our first month with the executive editor, publisher, senior leadership team, owner and board of directors to present our ideas for the future of their company.
Steve Grove began his job as the Star Tribune’s publisher and CEO just a few weeks before the interns arrived. He calls it a pivotal moment in the Star Tribune’s history, as it evolves into a digital-first newsroom and indispensable news source for Minnesotans.
He presented the interns with a prompt: “How might the Star Tribune reach college-age students who are interested in the news, and convert them into loyal readers?”
We were given a four-week deadline and few expectations to prepare our answer. With this simple prompt, company leaders gifted us with the opportunity to run. We sprinted.
