A world-wise writer

Kate Stanley is a journalist and essayist who writes about law, medicine, social policy and global affairs. An editorial writer for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis for nearly three decades, she is recognized as one of the most versatile and imaginative commentators in U.S. opinion journalism. Her work for the newspaper has been honored by many top national writing awards.

Committed to cultivating an ethic of global citizenship among Americans, Kate has reported from four continents about global poverty, human rights, health and ethno-political conflict. As chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Conference of Editorial Writers, she won support from the MacArthur, Gates and U.N. Foundations to lead global-education efforts that brought scores of U.S. writers to the Indian subcontinent, to China, throughout Africa and to Southeast Asia.

Kate left the Star Tribune in 2007 to pursue independent writing ventures. She's now working on a book and serving as a writing, editing and marketing consultant. She loves to garden, practice hot yoga, travel to strange places and spend time with her two twenty-something daughters.





Connect with Kate at +1 612.272.7551 or email her at kstanley@worldspinners.com.


Making words work

I've spent a lifetime studying what it takes to "nudge the world." Here's a look at my writing about writing: 

Writing for change
My thoughts on writing about health-care technology for Mindsailing, a Minneapolis marketing firm. 

Letter to a young writer
Career advice for a college student keen on journalism — shared by the English Department at St. Olaf College. 

Why write about a tree?
Musings on my annual magnolia essay for the Strib — from the book Best Newspaper Writing of 2002.

Scribbling about the hard stuff 
What I learned while writing about dying — published in the 1998 edition of Best Newspaper Writing.