Chris Ison

Chris Ison worked at the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper from 1986 to 2004, mostly as an investigative reporter on the newspaper’s special projects staff. He also was the assistant managing editor for investigative projects at the paper for three years. He won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1990, and has won numerous other national, regional and state awards. Ison, a long-time adjunct instructor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, left the newspaper to become a full-time faculty member in 2004. A 1983 graduate of the University, he was the managing editor and later, editor-in-chief, at the Minnesota Daily. After graduation, he became a reporter at the Duluth News Tribune, where he worked for three years covering police and courts, city hall and the state Legislature. Ison has taught public affairs reporting, news reporting and writing, advanced reporting methods and media ethics, among other courses.