To help student sports journalists tell their best stories, we asked Star Tribune's Vikings Beat Reporter, Ben Goessling, and Vikings Entertainment Network's on-air talent and content manager, Tatum Everett, and writer and editor, Lindsey Young, to share their approach to sports journalism. Their advice is featured below.
Whether you find a good mentor or reliable source, developing strong connections is an essential part of journalism. Our panel discusses the importance of making connections.
The best insights often come straight from a source, making interviewing an essential part of any journalist’s process. Our panel offers tips for interviewing.
You have made your connections and done your interviews. Our panel offers advice on developing your research into a story.
Receiving feedback is not always easy. But learning how to take constructive criticism is not only essential to telling a good story, but to improving as a journalist. Our panel offers their approach to receiving feedback.
Each week, the Minnesota Vikings and Star Tribune’s content marketing agency, Foundry425, are publishing feature stories on one of the week’s best high school football games in the Star Tribune newspaper and on StarTribune.com.
If you are a student journalist, get off the sidelines and share stories about your school’s high school football game. Just post your story on TikTok and tag us #studentsonthesidelines.
Ben Goessling is the lead Vikings writer at the Star Tribune. He’s currently covering his 11th season with the team. Before reporting on the Vikings for the Star Tribune, he did so at ESPN and the Pioneer Press in St. Paul.
Lindsey Young is a writer and editor with the Minnesota Vikings. Since starting with the team in 2015, Young has kept fans up to date on the team both on the field and in the community.
Tatum Everett is the Vikings’ on-air talent and content manager. She is entering her second season with the team. Prior to coming to the Vikings, Everett worked as a broadcast journalist for 11 years.
