Richard Chin
Reporter
FeaturesAs a feature reporter, Richard Chin has flown on the Goodyear Blimp, driven the Wienermobile, sunk to the bottom of a lake in a one-man submarine, worn a giant urine specimen cup costume as a mascot for a health care company, rode a vintage Puch at the Sturgis of mopeds and was mistakenly arrested by police hunting for a serial killer. He also spent six weeks in Baghdad during the Iraq war and was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
Latest from Richard Chin
How Minnesotans can beat the heat in practical and kooky ways
It's hot, and it looks like it's going to stay that way. You can hide out in your basement or get creatively cool.
July 15, 2025
What really beats the heat? We separate the myths from the reality
Does drinking hot coffee, wearing seersucker or firing up the swamp cooler really work?
July 15, 2025
Air conditioning you can wear: Our guide to personal cooling devices
Beat the heat this summer with neck fans, cooling vests and these other wearable devices.
July 15, 2025
Kramarczuk’s Sausage Co. is selling ice cream to continue a tradition of its founder
The three flavors are inspired by the restaurant’s most popular Eastern European desserts.
June 30, 2025
Minnesotan who rescued man from burning car receives national heroism award
Michael Coy of St. Paul Park risked his life to rescue a man whose car burst into flames on I-94.
June 26, 2025
The weekend Lego went to war in Minneapolis
What happens when you hold a convention to display bombers, tanks and battleships made out of plastic bricks.
June 11, 2025
A St. Paul writer is the poet laureate of pickleball
Eighty poems devoted to the paddle sport are published in a recent book.
June 2, 2025
Twin Cities publisher, wit and civic volunteer Burt Cohen dies at 94
The founding publisher of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine wrote his own obituary.
May 19, 2025
Minnesotan who rescued man from burning car receives national heroism award
Michael Coy of St. Paul Park risked his life to rescue a man whose car burst into flames on I-94.
June 26, 2025
The weekend Lego went to war in Minneapolis
What happens when you hold a convention to display bombers, tanks and battleships made out of plastic bricks.
June 11, 2025
A St. Paul writer is the poet laureate of pickleball
Eighty poems devoted to the paddle sport are published in a recent book.
June 2, 2025
Twin Cities publisher, wit and civic volunteer Burt Cohen dies at 94
The founding publisher of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine wrote his own obituary.
May 19, 2025