Courtney (C.J.) Sinner

director, grfx/dataviz @StarTribune • alum @UMN_HSJMC @ColumbiaJourn @PioneerPress @BisTrib • hitched to @nickwoltman

[Ryan Faircloth @RyanFaircloth]

"The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut its workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs, executives said Tuesday evening, just a month after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Annunciation school and church shooting." https://t.co/ODg9kORZVX

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves. https://t.co/hdxtf8SRtE

[Michael S. Schmidt @nytmike]

NEW:

Working as a federal prosecutor used to be one of the most apolitical positions in govt.

Now, when you apply for one of the many vacant positions for those posts at DoJ, you're required to weigh in on Trump’s policies.

“How would you help advance the president’s executive orders and policy priorities in this role?” read one of the queries on an application for a job in the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota.

“Identify one or two relevant executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired,” reads another.

https://t.co/ODRzrkAdnF

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

The most important story you'll read today.

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building https://t.co/dRIJMj9yuj

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

How exhausted Minneapolis journalists are covering a prolonged federal crackdown https://t.co/mhQtrnf9TB

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

“Just getting a client to sign a document becomes almost impossible ... Suddenly, they’re in Texas and there’s no way to contact them.”

In 2025, more than 2,700 immigrants passed through Minnesota detention facilities and transferred nearly 8,000 times.

https://t.co/sZblVDdhm9

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Thank you to the @StarTribune and its photographers, reporters and editors for documenting what federal agents are doing to the people of Minnesota. Day in, day out, sometimes in clouds of tear gas, you get the facts and get the photo. You make journalism proud.

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

ICYMI, this fun catalog of the Fair smells is a delightful visual look at one of the senses we don't often talk about.

Smells of the Minnesota State Fair create a festival for the nose https://t.co/QvrUK7SMdl

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

@ZenithCity64 Yesterday's day IS over.

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

You on the Fair's first day: "It's so crowded, we'll definitely break a record."

Our tracker with new data just now: "Sorry, you're about 1,700 shy of last year's record"
https://t.co/LrIvVBMqBy

[Greta Kaul @gretakaul]

Post-COVID, transit ridership looks different than it once did all over the U.S. In the TC, our transit recovery lags peers, even as Metro Transit seeks to add and improve service, which experts say are levers to bring riders aboard. w/@KarinaKumar03
https://t.co/swryBjB1SH

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

We have a lot of fun Fair stuff to offer and more to come, but this is one of my favorites. It's *genuinely useful* in addition to being fun.

How far can you stretch $100 at the Minnesota State Fair? https://t.co/xSXrGv60Fj

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

We asked where Uptown is, and more than 2,000 of you responded and mapped your vision. Where is the common ground about the boundaries of the Minneapolis neighborhood? https://t.co/x1Ign4kqP2

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

@MNUpNorthLakeG1 You can draw your own version of Uptown at https://t.co/O3AA1etjyW!

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

Is Uptown just vibes?

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

Uptown Minneapolis has been the focus of an endless amount of hand-wringing about its evolution over the years. But where is Uptown exactly? https://t.co/SDWJabWcWS

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

in which I take @gretakaul's good data idea and spin it into a dot plot with emoji.

It's not just you -- this summer has kind of sucked!!!
https://t.co/Zd0o2tuUL1

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

Uptown is just vibes, pt 2

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

@vtuss your shape is a TRIANGLE?!?!?! Sir.

[Courtney (C.J.) Sinner @cjsinner]

@DeRushaJ jason, you should submit your Uptown map and we'll use it in the results!! give us your definitive take!

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

Tell us where you think Uptown is by drawing its boundaries here. https://t.co/EGUvTsEd5e