Ben Goessling Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I am the lead Vikings beat writer for the Star Tribune, covering the team for the paper's print and digital platforms in addition to appearing on the Access Vikings podcast and hosting Access Vikings: The Show on the Star Tribune's web site. I also make weekly appearances on KFAN, talking Vikings on Friday afternoons with Dan Barreiro and Justin Gaard on.

Apple Valley, Minnesota, United States

I am in charge of designing training programs, overseeing practices and developing athletes in both Apple Valley High School’s boys’ cross country and track and field programs. In my nine years there, I have coached five state cross country meet individual qualifiers and two state track meet individual qualifiers.

Minneapolis, MN

I joined ESPN in August 2013 as their new Vikings beat reporter, offering analysis about the team on ESPN.com, as well as the company's broadcast and social media platforms. I appeared regularly on SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, NFL Live and NFL Insiders, as well as a variety of ESPN Radio programs. In December 2014, I reported Adrian Peterson was.

St. Paul, MN

I returned to the Pioneer Press in December 2011, and covered the Minnesota Vikings across the paper's print, video, audio and social media platforms. I helped the paper introduce a number of new social media initiatives, like live chats and in-game blogs via Scribble and CoveritLive and video chats through Google+. I also discussed the team on ESPN and.

Rockville, MD

At OST Global Solutions -- a full-service proposal house and business development firm -- I connected government contractors in need of proposal support with OST's team of more than 800 consultants. I also vetted prospective consultants, finalized consulting agreements with clients, met with interested companies to discuss OST's services and provided.

I joined MASN in January 2010, and I covered the Nationals for MASNSports.com, also filing periodic video blogs and making appearances on MASN's Nats Xtra pregame television show. During the 2011 season, I began co-hosting MASN's pre- and post-game shows on a semi-regular basis, and making regular appearances on the Nationals' flagship radio station..

I covered the Washington Nationals for two seasons at the Washington Times, but I also had my hand in a number of other projects. I was the first reporter on the sports staff to start using Twitter, and worked with my editors to integrate social media into the paper's online and print products. I hosted a series of live in-game chats with fans, and.

I began my time at the Star Tribune covering 19 high schools for one of the paper's suburban sections, but in the summer of 2006, I added small business coverage to my beat, working with editors to start the paper's small business section. When the paper reorganized its local news staff in October 2007, I moved into general news and was tasked with.

As the assistant sports editor at the paper, I helped manage a staff of five reporters and oversaw some aspects of the sports section's planning, design and layout, in addition to covering the University of Minnesota's football and men's hockey teams. I also did a series of stories on larger issues in college sports, and took first, second and third place.

During my six-month internship at the paper, I covered all four Twin Cities professional teams (the Twins, Vikings, Timberwolves and Wild), covered the 2003 American League Division Series and the 2004 NHL All-Star Game. I also broke several stories, including one about allegations of coaching impropriety with the University of Minnesota's women's tennis.

As a summer internal auditor at Valleyfair, I worked with one other auditor to perform all of the park's operational, financial and compliance audits during the 2003 season. I worked with a remote supervisor, wrote a series of companywide memos detailing audit findings and control recommendations and assisted PricewaterhouseCoopers on its annual corporate.

Bachelor Of Science In Business, Accounting; Also Majored In Journalism

Activities and Societies: University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble; Student Accounting and Finance Association.3.6 GPA; received Herbert.

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