Writers
Current Writers
Allison Hunt
Allison Jones Hunt is a writer and artist. She previously lived in the Pacific Northwest—where she covered food, wine, health, and travel for local and national magazines.
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Natalia Mendez
Natalia Mendez (they/them) is a queer Latine writer with Lake Street roots currently living in North Minneapolis. They write about food, the outdoors, travel, and life on the margins. They can be found on a bike or motorcycle, behind a camera, in the kitchen, or snuggling with their two cats, Carl and Cosmo.
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Em Cassel
Em Cassel (she/they) is a writer, editor, cyclist, and VHS collector who lives in south Minneapolis with her dog and two cats. She enjoys walkable cities, arguing about infrastructure, and emo bands from the early 2000s. Reach out by email emilylcassel@gmail.com.
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Loren Green
Loren Green is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer. His work has appeared in All About Beer, The New Brewer, Star Tribune, Paste, City Pages, Scene Point Blank, and more. Besides beer, he also writes about music, culture, and related topics.
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Past Writers
Mecca Bos
Mecca Bos is a longtime Twin Cities based food writer and professional chef. Her work can be found locally and nationally and on her website. She specializes in stories about women, people of color, and especially Black people working in the food industry. She loves a cheap wine paired with a good taco.
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Madison in Minneapolis
Madison is a lover of food, restaurants, and the overall dining experience. She launched her own company, Madison in Minneapolis, to continue to tell people all about what the Twin Cities food scene has to offer. Madison in MPLS provides thoughtful and reliable restaurant recommendations for any occasion by leveraging a database with over 500 reviews for restaurants that Madison has visited personally.
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Serena Rutledge
Serena Rutledge is a former Meet Minneapolis intern and University of Minnesota graduate, she knows all about what the city has to offer. She can be found trying new restaurants, visiting breweries with her friends, and attending concerts in Minneapolis.
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Jess Hoffert
Jess Hoffert is a Winona-raised travel writer who now lives in Minneapolis. He is currently an editor for Meredith Travel Marketing Custom Content Studio, producing travel guides and other print and digital pieces for a wide variety of clients. Here in the cities, Jess enjoys going on dinner and live theater dates with his partner, Andrew.
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Michael Rainville Jr.
Historical Interpreter at Minnesota Historical Society - Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote.
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Susan Schaefer
Susan Schaefer is a skilled storyteller with a keen and fearless ability to unearth the evasive backstory yielding deeply moving and meaningful long form profiles. Known for her coverage of the creative arts, she also covers health and wellness, lifestyle, housing, aging, religion and spirituality, and travel. Susan’s work has appeared in: daily and community newspapers, national, regional, local, trade, and online magazines.
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Judy Hohmann
Judy Hohmann has been writing about and walking in nature and the outdoors for more than 20 years. She’s been an ambassador for parks and public gardens locally, nationally and internationally with media and partners for more than a decade. While hiking trails near and far with family and friends are always great adventures, Judy loves to advocate for people to start walking in the outdoors and is hard at work on a book about urban trails and adventures. She loves to share nature walks and gardens on Instagram.
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Robyne Robinson
Robyne Robinson is the award-winning Principal for fiveXfive Public Art Consultants – a firm that brands strong business identity within the community through the arts. She is well-known as an Emmy-winning news broadcaster in the Twin Cities – and as the first African American prime time news anchor in Minnesota. She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she plans temporary exhibitions and public art installations for the City of Albuquerque.
Robyne also fills her journalistic and arts interests as a frequent contributor to several arts and lifestyle magazines, including Artful Living and Art of the West. She rounds out her list of awards with her 2018 induction into Minnesota’s Broadcasting Hall of Fame – another milestone as the organization’s first African American honoree. Read more about Robyne here.
