Kari Tauring joins PNC-Minnesota as a reporter to cover the Heathen beat.  Ms. Tauring is the author of two books and holds a Bachelor of Arts Double Major English and Philosophy and a Masters of Arts from  the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul.

Ms Tauring is deeply tied into the Heathen community and will use her insights and contacts to bring readers news about the events and people of her religious community.  Tauring is a Völva, Old Norse for staff carrier.  She has twenty plus years of scholarship and practice of runes, stav, poetry, songs, dances, and the healing and spiritual arts.

She was featured on Norwegian television  Alt for Norge  in 2010 and will be teaching Völva Stav in Trondheim, Norway in September 2011.