Dirk DeYoung is the editor of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the Twin Cities’ premiere source of breaking local business news online every day, including morning and afternoon email editions, and deep business analysis and information in print weekly.
DeYoung joined the Business Journal in 1995 and has been editor since 1999. He’s also been a managing editor, reporter and research director at the newspaper.
Prior to that, he was a reporter for daily newspapers in Mason City, Iowa, and Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
He has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Minnesota and lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Sarah, and son. They also have a daughter who’s in her first year at Colorado College.