Tara Bannow
About
Tara Bannow is from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Tara works in the following industries: "Publishing", "Marketing & Advertising", "Newspapers", and "Media Production". Tara is currently Senior reporter, finance at Modern Healthcare, located in Chicago, IL. In Tara's previous role as a Health Reporter at The Bulletin, Tara worked in Bend, OR until Oct 2017. Prior to joining The Bulletin, Tara was a Higher Education Reporter at Iowa City Press-Citizen and held the position of Higher Education Reporter at Iowa City, IA. Prior to that, Tara was a Freelance Reporter at Star Tribune, based in Minneapolis, MN from Sep 2010 to Aug 2011. Tara started working as Reporter at Associated Press in Minneapolis, MN in Feb 2011. From Sep 2010 to Dec 2010, Tara was Practicum Course Reporter at MinnPost.com, based in Minneapolis, MN. Prior to that, Tara was a Senior Staff Reporter at The Minnesota Daily, based in Minneapolis, MN from Sep 2009 to Dec 2010. Tara started working as Reporting Intern at The Business Journals in Minneapolis, MN in Jun 2010.
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Tara Bannow's current jobs
I cover the ins and outs of health system finance--from earnings reports to broader industry trends--for one of the top sources of healthcare business news. We publish a weekly print magazine, daily email newsletters and constantly update our website with breaking news.
Tara Bannow's past jobs
I cover medicine and health care economics and policy for The Bulletin, Central Oregon's daily newspaper. In addition to news, I write for the paper's weekly health section, which publishes every Thursday.
Covered primarily the University of Iowa, the state's largest public university and the home of state’s only academic medical center. Regularly shot video and took photos for the website and print edition, as well as posted updates to my higher education blog, Eye on UI.
Contributed primarily feature stories on a variety of topics in the Twin Cities metro for Minnesota’s largest newspaper, with a circulation of nearly 300,000. Also served as a student reporter on the West Metro team between Jan. 2010 and May 2010, contributing section-cover stories on education, city/county government, development and transportation.
Handled breaking news and enterprise stories on a full-time, temporary basis for the AP wire on a variety of subjects, including court cases, transportation issues, politics, health care and environmental issues. Stories and photos made front pages across the state and were prominently displayed on national websites. Increased aptitude for handling rigorous workloads, tight deadlines and limited word counts.
I was among a small group of peers selected to spend a semester working on a data-driven investigative project for MinnPost, an online news organization dedicated to in-depth reporting. The project surveyed hundreds of Minnesota public defenders to chronicle a bleak facet of the state’s overburdened court system.
Enhanced computer-assisted/database/public record reporting skills by producing award-winning investigative pieces for the 2009 and 2010 recipient of SPJ’s national Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper award. Regularly shot videos and photos for the website, as well as wrote daily blog posts. Previously worked at the newspaper as an associate editor. I fact-checked stories and edited for grammar, organization and AP style for the newspaper's government, transportation and university administration beats. Before that, served as health care reporter, covering the policy and research affairs of the university's six health schools, including medicine and dentistry.
Developed strong understanding of stock market, earnings reports and other financial topics. Covered a variety of breaking news and feature topics on Twin Cities businesses and industries.
Contributed feature-length and hard news stories as well as briefs and photos on various topics focused on downtown and southwest Minneapolis, including city politics, education and transportation for the Downtown and Southwest journals.