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Alexis Allston

Audience Engagement Producer | Newsroom

Alexis Allston is an Audience Engagement Producer who works to connect as many people as possible to the stories Star Tribune reporters work hard on. If you follow Star Tribune on Instagram, what you see is most likely coming from Alexis.


She graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she helped found a student-led initiative called Our Chatham that brings reader-inspired local news stories to a rural North Carolina county. Alexis was previously an engagement fellow at Texas Tribune.
Recent content from Alexis Allston
Here's what a Minneapolis without police could look like

Here's what a Minneapolis without police could look like

The city is at a crossroads when it comes to the future of public safety.
Mural raises concerns about representation in art after George Floyd's killing

Mural raises concerns about representation in art after George Floyd's killing

A mural at 38th and Chicago has launched discussion about who's creating the art at the heart of a movement and why that matters.
Vials of COVID-19 samples were tested on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

Live at noon: Get questions about COVID-19 modeling answered in our Reddit AMA

Star Tribune data journalists C.J. Sinner and Michael Corey will answer reader questions live for one hour today on Reddit.

Your votes are in: These are the stories behind your favorite photos of 2019

Our photographers share the stories behind their photos.
Pedestrians fight their way through a narrow opening at a crosswalk in Minneapolis.

Slippery sidewalks and slushy roads: Send us the worst you see in Twin Cities

Older than most historic buildings still standing in the Twin Cities, the 136-year-old Stone Arch Bridge bridge has long been Minneapolis' de facto we

Our new podcast will make you smarter in 15 minutes

Our new Curious Minnesota podcast answers your questions about "Minnesota Nice," the Stone Arch Bridge and beyond. Tell us what questions you want answered.