hi 👋 i’m anna marie boone,
I'm a designer at the Minnesota Star Tribune, where I use code and persistance to create visual stories.
I'm an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas, where I teach an advanced media design course for the Department of Emerging Media.
I'm on the computer a lot for both of those roles, so when I'm not working, I try to stay off of it. I do so by going for runs with my dog (who vastly outpaces me), speed-reading book club books at the end of the month and knitting sweaters.
My work has been honored by the Society for News Design, where I was a finalist for World's Best Designer, the Pulitzer Prizes and the National Headliner Awards. I was also named Young Journalist of the Year by the Minnesota chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists.
That's me ✌️
There's a decent list of projects here — click each to read more.
What was this unprecedented school year like? We asked the students.
PUBLISHED June 6, 2026
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Our neighbor, Prince
PUBLISHED April 19, 2026
✨ Design
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✏️ Writing
🎨 Illustration
Resilience, enlightenment and bed bugs on the Camino de Santiago
PUBLISHED March 12, 2026
✏️ Writing
🗒️ Reporting
✨ Design
Exclusive! Greatest Minnesota celebrities (of all time) revealed
PUBLISHED March 8, 2026
✨ Design
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🎨 Illustration
‘The periodic table for romance’
PUBLISHED February 13, 2026
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🎨 Illustration
A state on edge: What the last 31 days have looked like in Minnesota
PUBLISHED February 7, 2026
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A chaotic confrontation, a gun and 10 shots: The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
PUBLISHED January 28, 2026
✨ Design
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🗒️ Reporting
✏️ Writing
📊 Graphics
A close examination of the shooting of Renee Good
PUBLISHED January 10, 2026
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🗒️ Reporting
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2025: The year in photos
PUBLISHED December 14, 2025
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Holiday cookie finder
PUBLISHED December 4, 2025
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Your guide to Twin Cities trail running
PUBLISHED September 11, 2025
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How far can you stretch $100 at the state fair?
PUBLISHED August 22, 2025
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🗒️ Reporting
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What's the oldest bar in Minnesota?
PUBLISHED July 18, 2025
✏️ Writing
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An oral history of the six days after George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis
PUBLISHED May 19, 2025
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Paddling the Twin Cities
PUBLISHED May 14, 2025
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Grading the Twin Cities' 52 essential music venues
PUBLISHED April 2, 2025
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Ghost of a Chance Podcast
PUBLISHED January 10, 2025
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Minnesota’s ghost towns are a relic of grand visions gone awry
PUBLISHED October 25, 2024
✏️ Writing
🗒️ Reporting
From one to all
PUBLISHED January 8, 2024
✨ Design
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🗒️ Reporting
✏️ Writing
📊 Graphics
10 years, 10 couples
PUBLISHED July 28, 2023
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What happened to Heather Mayer?
PUBLISHED May 3, 2023
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Life before Roe v. Wade
PUBLISHED June 24, 2022
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Breaking down the video: What happened during Daunte Wright's fatal traffic stop
PUBLISHED April 14, 2021
🗒️ Reporting
✏️ Writing
✨ Design
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The siege, evacuation and destruction of a Minneapolis police station
PUBLISHED August 11, 2020
✨ Design
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📊 Graphics
One Week in Minneapolis
PUBLISHED June 2, 2020
✨ Design
⌨️ Development
✏️ Writing
Denied Justice
PUBLISHED July 23, 2018
✨ Design
⌨️ Development
📊 Graphics