John Oslund, longtime business journalist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, died at the age of 70 from Alzheimer’s disease.
Patrick Kennedy of the Star Tribune writes, “Oslund, who retired in 2014, attended the University of Minnesota but left in 1977 a few credits shy of his undergraduate degree to become a copy boy at the Minneapolis Star. Years later, he completed those credits and in 1996 earned a master’s degree in business journalism as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University.
“Oslund was a business reporter and assistant business editor at a time when business and personal finance news was gaining more importance to newspapers and readers.
“He was a constant in the department, as top editors and reporters came in and out.”
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