Katie Rausch is the Assistant Managing Editor of Photography and Video at the Minnesota Star Tribune, where she oversees an incredible team. In 2026, the staff of the Star Tribune was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting.
Katie has spent her career in local journalism, where her work has often focused on stories and issues impacting people who have been underserved or underrepresented by traditional media organizations. Previously, Katie served as the Deputy Director of Photography at The Denver Post, and as a staff visual journalist with The Blade in Toledo, Ohio, and the Jackson Citizen Patriot in Jackson, Mich.
In 2025, Katie was awarded Picture Editor of the Year – Community by the National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism. That same year she was also recognized with an Award of Excellence in the Visual Editor of the Year category of the 82d POY. Her work as a photojournalist has also been recognized by multiple organizations, including BOP, POY, the Michigan Press Photographers Association, and the Ohio News Photographers Association.
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