Jake Steinberg
@jakesteinberg.com
🗺️ 📊 🗞️ Maps and visual stories for @startribune.com
Prevs: WSJ Graphics, UW-Madison cartography, reporter in Arizona
www.jakesteinberg.com
Prevs: WSJ Graphics, UW-Madison cartography, reporter in Arizona
www.jakesteinberg.com
Here's a Mpls/St Paul election map that ran in Sunday's paper
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here's a Mpls/St Paul election map that ran in Sunday's paper
Thanks for the feedback. I'm happy to answer questions about our reporting decisions for this story.
We did pull data from all the PACs supporting candidates in this election, and that's reflected on the last chart in the story. Thrive PAC disclosed only donations from All of Minneapolis.
We did pull data from all the PACs supporting candidates in this election, and that's reflected on the last chart in the story. Thrive PAC disclosed only donations from All of Minneapolis.
October 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thanks for the feedback. I'm happy to answer questions about our reporting decisions for this story.
We did pull data from all the PACs supporting candidates in this election, and that's reflected on the last chart in the story. Thrive PAC disclosed only donations from All of Minneapolis.
We did pull data from all the PACs supporting candidates in this election, and that's reflected on the last chart in the story. Thrive PAC disclosed only donations from All of Minneapolis.
I'm super proud of our Uptown multiverse map. It may be the most stylish map the Strib has ever published. Prince would be proud!
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm super proud of our Uptown multiverse map. It may be the most stylish map the Strib has ever published. Prince would be proud!
There's a checkbox on the final submission page
July 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There's a checkbox on the final submission page
Here's a sample of some of my favorite reader explanations of their borders
July 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here's a sample of some of my favorite reader explanations of their borders
Huge shoutout to Aaron Levinsky for the awesome drone footage in this piece!
July 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Huge shoutout to Aaron Levinsky for the awesome drone footage in this piece!
We tracked the wildfire smoke pouring down from Canada, causing Minnesota to have the worst air quality in the nation yesterday
Story: www.startribune.com/watch-wildfi...
Story: www.startribune.com/watch-wildfi...
June 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We tracked the wildfire smoke pouring down from Canada, causing Minnesota to have the worst air quality in the nation yesterday
Story: www.startribune.com/watch-wildfi...
Story: www.startribune.com/watch-wildfi...
Graco is leaving Minneapolis. Kinda wild that all this riverfront property in northeast is about it be up for grabs.
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May 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Graco is leaving Minneapolis. Kinda wild that all this riverfront property in northeast is about it be up for grabs.
www.startribune.com/graco-headqu...
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We spent an entire paddling season researching and paddling across the Twin Cities to create this guide. The Star Tribune has never put out a guide this comprehensive. Get out on the water, people. It's really the best thing you can do this summer.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We spent an entire paddling season researching and paddling across the Twin Cities to create this guide. The Star Tribune has never put out a guide this comprehensive. Get out on the water, people. It's really the best thing you can do this summer.
www.startribune.com/canoe-kayak-...
www.startribune.com/canoe-kayak-...
Amazing weekend in Necadah. Saw A WHOOPING CRANE, two wolves, and climbed some very climbable rocks. Perennially underrated area.
April 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Amazing weekend in Necadah. Saw A WHOOPING CRANE, two wolves, and climbed some very climbable rocks. Perennially underrated area.
Made it up north this past weekend. Lake Superior was being tempestuous.
April 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Made it up north this past weekend. Lake Superior was being tempestuous.
When the air problem people and the dirt problem people hang out
April 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When the air problem people and the dirt problem people hang out
Here’s where $677 million raised last year by the new metro 1% sales tax went
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March 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Here’s where $677 million raised last year by the new metro 1% sales tax went
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The Gold Line has appeared on Apple Maps
March 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Gold Line has appeared on Apple Maps
Same perspective today. The only buildings I can spot in both are the Ford building and a couple buildings downtown.
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Same perspective today. The only buildings I can spot in both are the Ford building and a couple buildings downtown.
Give folks the chance to see the illusive snub-nosed Minnesota
March 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Give folks the chance to see the illusive snub-nosed Minnesota
The isthmus of Northeast Minneapolis
February 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The isthmus of Northeast Minneapolis
Whew, what a week. I had this map for the Iditarod all ready to go, and then the race officials announced a new route with one day to spare before the story published. I had to rebuilt it basically from scratch. Always give yourself a buffer when downloading raster data, folks. You may need it. 1/3
February 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Whew, what a week. I had this map for the Iditarod all ready to go, and then the race officials announced a new route with one day to spare before the story published. I had to rebuilt it basically from scratch. Always give yourself a buffer when downloading raster data, folks. You may need it. 1/3
Plopped in the middle of the story is an awkward attempt to get you to click over into Gaia GPS. This is content verticals run amok.
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Plopped in the middle of the story is an awkward attempt to get you to click over into Gaia GPS. This is content verticals run amok.
Then, before I've even really gotten into what the story is about, I'm urged to click an affiliate link to buy the book. This comes across as a desperate attempt to get some change. Not to mention they're trying to sell you the book on the back of this supposedly journalistic account.
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Then, before I've even really gotten into what the story is about, I'm urged to click an affiliate link to buy the book. This comes across as a desperate attempt to get some change. Not to mention they're trying to sell you the book on the back of this supposedly journalistic account.
After clicking over to the old home page, I find a story that catches my eye about Jon Krakauer defending criticism of his book, Into Thin Air. This article is a mess. The first thing I see is a completely unrelated video about four-wheel drive. You better believe it autoplays.
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
After clicking over to the old home page, I find a story that catches my eye about Jon Krakauer defending criticism of his book, Into Thin Air. This article is a mess. The first thing I see is a completely unrelated video about four-wheel drive. You better believe it autoplays.
They recently changed their home page to a social media-like algorithmic feed. Who asked for this? This is now the default view.
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They recently changed their home page to a social media-like algorithmic feed. Who asked for this? This is now the default view.
Here's why the last two winters really don't feel like Minnesota winter.
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February 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here's why the last two winters really don't feel like Minnesota winter.
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www.startribune.com/minnesota-sn...
Lots happening in the news right now. It's easy to miss that the MPRB just released updated plans for the Grand Rounds missing link. That's some serious bike infrastructure.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Lots happening in the news right now. It's easy to miss that the MPRB just released updated plans for the Grand Rounds missing link. That's some serious bike infrastructure.
dflandscape.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
dflandscape.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...