Libor Jany
Reporter
Star Tribune
Libor Jany is the Minneapolis crime reporter for the Star Tribune. He joined the newspaper in 2013, after stints in newsrooms in Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Mississippi. He spent his first year working out of the paper’s Washington County bureau, focusing on transportation and education issues, before moving to the Dakota County team.
Jany got his start in journalism in the sports department of his hometown paper, the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He attended Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Ore.) and Mississippi State University, majoring in communications with a minor in sociology. In his free time, he likes traveling, having visited 25 countries on six continents, including Pakistan in the summer of 2017. He was born in Czechoslovakia, and has lived in Gabon, France and seven U.S. states.
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Stories from Libor Jany
Minneapolis Police Insisted on ‘No Knock’ Warrant That Led to Amir Locke’s Shooting Death; City Announces Moratorium
Minneapolis Voters to Decide Fate of Police Department on Nov. 2
Groups Arise, Spurred by Minneapolis Gun Violence, to Enact Early Interventions
In Time of Greatest Need, Minneapolis Struggles to Recruit New Police Officers
Number of Gunshot Victims in Minneapolis is Up 90% From Last Year; Solutions Elusive
Even Before Latest Probe, Feds Deeply Familiar With Minneapolis Police
Chauvin Trial Again Casts Spotlight on Minneapolis Police Department’s Training Program
Chauvin Case Draws Inevitable Comparisons to Another High-Profile Police Murder Trial in Minnesota
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