A University of St. Thomas graduate, Olson completed fellowships at the Kaiser Family Foundation, Poynter Institute and New York Times. Honors include a Premack Public Affairs award for scrutinizing a schizophrenia drug trial, a SABEW award for uncovering abuses of meatpackers, and a Casey Medal for examining deaths in foster care. His Pulitzer-winning series on child care led to a decline in child deaths. Olson and his family live in Edina.
Minnesota is reporting 2,429 new coronavirus cases and 10 more deaths linked to COVID-19, the state Department of Health announced Saturday, with the statewide pandemic death toll now exceeding 7,000. The milestone comes as the rolling seven-day average for deaths declined this week, according to the Star Tribune's coronavirus tracker. The tracker also shows the seven-day average for net new .