Kyndell Harkness is the first Assistant Managing Editor of Diversity and Community at the Minneapolis Star Tribune after working as a photo editor during the murder of George Floyd and the societal uprising that followed. She helped to coordinate on-the-ground coverage of the protests as well as ensuring that picture selection kept community impact in mind. <\/p>\n
Harkness has worked as a photo editor for more than five years, coordinating coverage of the Ryder Cup, two Olympics, a Super Bowl, Final Four and breaking news such as Prince\u2019s death. Before that Kyndell spent more than two decades as a photojournalist, working 15 years at the Star Tribune covering communities across the state. She has also taught as a photo instructor at a high school journalism camp called J Camp for 16 years that champions diversity of voices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"Kyndell","last_name":"Harkness","title":"Assistant Managing Editor of Diversity & Community","organization":"Minneapolis Star Tribune","website":"http:\/\/kyndell.org","twitter":"kyndellharkness","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":""},"event":[98],"class_list":["post-11411","ona_speaker","type-ona_speaker","status-publish","hentry","event-ona23"],"yoast_head":"\n