Jackie Renzetti

Video interviews and breaking news coverage for The Guardian

I asked graduating seniors to tell me about someone who helped them get to this point. Here's what they said, in video:

While covering education in Woodbury, I noticed a sudden increase in presence from one high school's mascot. I found that a new student from another state with a strong mascot program had recently moved the area. Here's a video story about how she wants to use her passion to help people in her new community.

I asked prom-goers to tell me about how they asked their date to prom. Here are their stories, in video:

With rare 70-degree November warmth, car horns blared Saturday afternoon as around 30 people gathered on the corners of Fairview and Marshall avenues to spread the word of Joe Biden’s presidential victory.

With hosts and visitors alike taking time off work, the three-day citywide sale has morphed into a regional attraction, drawing hundreds of families from across Minnesota and neighboring states. So many out-of-towners visit that one centrally located gas station doubles its staff and sets up port-a-potties. With an estimated 1,000 sellers, Woodbury joins a handful of cities nationwide to host a community sale of this scale, said Bruce Littlefield, who drove cross-country visiting yard sales for his book, Garage Sale America.

I interviewed people leaving remembrances and taking photos in front of Prince's star at First Avenue.

For the Minnesota Daily, I covered Minnesotans' voting experience at campus-area polls and reactions to the presidential election at the GOP election party.