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Jay Gabler

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September 23, 2023

Criticism

My aspiration to be a critic took seed early on: as a teenager, I wrote movie reviews for my high school paper and launched my Front Row Seat column, which continues to this day in the Duluth News Tribune.

September 1, 2023

Reporter

As a reporter at the Duluth News Tribune, my core job responsibility is daily reporting on stories tied, broadly, to the arts and entertainment landscape in on our ten-county Northland coverage area.

People smile in delight as they look down into the water from a small boat; fish swim in the water just below the surface.
September 1, 2023

Essays

I appreciate how open-ended the essay format is, particularly in an online era.

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April 23, 2023

Host

I have extensive experience hosting a range of programming on both audio and video platforms.

White man’s hand holding book in front of Lake Superior backdrop: “Cataclysm” by Lydia Kang with Asian man holding lightsaber on cover
April 23, 2023

Influencer

I’m no Charli D’Amelio, but I enjoy sharing recommendations for things I enjoy.

April 21, 2023

Educator

I’m a professionally trained educator, with an undergraduate degree in early childhood education and a master’s of education in human development and psychology.

Man in silhouette types at laptop on wooden desk with books stacked atop. The Harvard University campus is visible out a window.
April 19, 2023

Scholarship

My academic research focused on the sociology of childhood, culture, and education.

April 17, 2023

Editing

Over the course of my career I’ve worked with dozens of writers, photographers, videographers, designers, and producers to shape content across a range of editorial projects.

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Hi haters, some personal news (Read all about the Hi haters, some personal news

(Read all about the golden anniversary of the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center at @duluthnews)
Thank you @randomhouse for the free book. One last Thank you @randomhouse for the free book. One last 2023 beach read! “Summer Sisters,” out in a new edition for its 25th anniversary, shows another dimension of why @judyblume4real is such a compelling author. Closely observed characters, evocative seaside setting, incisive wit.
Red lighthouse, green lighthouse, #bluesupermoon 🚢🌊🌕
New year, new foods, new Hawaiian shirt! @wyatt.c. New year, new foods, new Hawaiian shirt! @wyatt.c.buckner and I made a second annual pilgrimage from Duluth to the #mnstatefair, visiting the @newsceniccafe’s Scenic 61 trailer and trying five new foods. Follow our adventure via @duluthnews.
Hello from the delightfully weird @greatlakescandy Hello from the delightfully weird @greatlakescandykitchen Bear Trail, the subject of this week’s Northlandia feature at @duluthnews.
Duluth’s River Train is back! @duluth_river_trai Duluth’s River Train is back! @duluth_river_train is very different (and even older) than the @duluthtrains North Shore Scenic Railroad, so you’ll just have to ride both. Read all about it at @duluthnews.
Thanks for the shine, Minnesota SPJ! And thanks @d Thanks for the shine, Minnesota SPJ! And thanks @duluthnews for letting me write about everything from inscrutable indie films to Bimbo’s Octagon.
Visiting the SPRUCE experiment feels like stepping Visiting the SPRUCE experiment feels like stepping onto the set of "Silent Running" or "Soylent Green."

"I've heard all that," one of the investigators acknowledged, "but it's science reality."

Read all about it at @duluthnews.
I took both these pictures before actually seeing I took both these pictures before actually seeing the movies, yet somehow they both work pretty well as capsule reviews. #barbenheimer
Good times, great friends, I’m still bad at stan Good times, great friends, I’m still bad at standing on a paddleboard but there’s no shame in sitting. 📷: @tyrannonaurus
Sorry, sunset, but Beyoncé upstaged you. Sorry, sunset, but Beyoncé upstaged you.
This week on the job: took a flight in the @cafmn This week on the job: took a flight in the @cafmn B-25 “Miss Mitchell” ahead of the @duluthairshow. I just kept thinking, “Oh, so *this* is where all that Star Wars stuff came from.”

Read more about my (first!) airshow experience at @duluthnews.
Thanks @boathouselodge for an epic Fourth! 🌅🌲🎆
Inordinately proud of myself for running a whole f Inordinately proud of myself for running a whole five kilometers. Read all about my @grandmasmarathon experience at @duluthnews. 🏃🏻🚢🎺
Last Wednesday I was on a paddleboard in the Dulut Last Wednesday I was on a paddleboard in the Duluth Ship Canal at sunrise via @zenithadventuremn — just the beginning of a 16-hour day that involved a random @dfrancish encounter at @duluthcoffee, a @vistafleetduluth harbor cruise, a @duluthtrains excursion, a dinner on the beach, climbing a tower, and watching the city lights appear at an @exploreminnesota overlook. Along the way I met bog buffs, a musical first mate, an astonished child, a travel influencer, a gnome, a Colombian, a Russian, a Mongolian, and two Colorado college students. Read all about it at @duluthnews.
Having been profoundly moved by “The Transformer Having been profoundly moved by “The Transformers: The Movie” at Mariner Mall in 1986, just getting to sit in a Twin Ports movie theater and once again hear Peter Cullen telling Unicron to fuck right off was totally worth $13.61 of @marcustheatres Magical Movie Rewards credit. #RiseOfTheBeasts
Thank you @randomhouse for the free book, thank yo Thank you @randomhouse for the free book, thank you @boathouselodge for the vibes. ⛵️ 📚 👾
@splitrocklighthouse will see your pandemic craft @splitrocklighthouse will see your pandemic craft project and raise you a 252-prism Third Order Fresnel lens replica. Read all about it at @duluthnews.
The Baraga Cross on the North Shore is a monument The Baraga Cross on the North Shore is a monument to the “Snowshoe Priest,” Frederic Baraga, who crossed Lake Superior in a canoe and stands as a candidate for sainthood. For the latest Northlandia feature, I cracked my raised-Catholic knuckles and delved into the history of the Upper Midwest’s very on-brand holy man. Swipe for a stoic portrait, and read more at @duluthnews.
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