About Lynda McDonnell

MCDONNELL, LYNDA is the executive director of ThreeSixty, a youth journalism program based at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her responsibilities include raising funds and directing the non-profit program, which teaches Minnesota teens - particularly low-income and minority teens -- the skills and ethics of journalism. More than 30 alumni of ThreeSixty's summer program are now studying journalism in college. The program serves more than 300 teens each year through summer camps, after-school classes, classroom coaching and an online magazine at www.threesixtyjournalism.org. McDonnell has been a journalist in Minnesota for more than 30 years. She spent 20 years as a reporter and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, most recently as the political editor. Before that, she was a business and economics reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune. McDonnell reads profusely and sings a tolerable soprano. She and her journalist husband live in Minneapolis and have two terrific sons and daughters-in-law. She is an essayist and short story writer who loves hiking the Ice Age Trail in western Wisconsin. She claims her messy desk is a sign of rampant creativity.

  • Occupation: Executive Director
  • Organization: ThreeSixty (a non-profit youth journalism program)
  • Location: St. Paul, MN 55105 USA
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  • Was accepted for Dec 16-21 2007 Multimedia Training.