GRANTSBURG – Greg Marsten, a veteran journalist and Minneapolis native, has been named editor of the Burnett County Sentinel, the Grantsburg newspaper announced Wednesday.
Marsten replaces Jonathan Richie, who left the Sentinel to join the Portage Daily Register newsroom. Richie had served as editor of the Sentinel since October 2017.
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Most recently, Marsten spent nearly 12 years with the (Frederic) Inter-County Leader as a reporter and photographer. Since starting his reporting career at age 15 with KBEM-FM in Minneapolis, Marsten estimates he has worked for five radio stations, five newspapers, three magazines, and has been published in a dozen other periodicals.
