Meet Dan Kraker
Dan Kraker is an MPR News reporter based in Duluth where he covers the people, economy and environment of northeast Minnesota.
Before joining MPR News, Dan worked at KNAU Arizona Public Radio for 11 years, first as a reporter covering northern Arizona's Native nations and then as news director. He also contributes regularly to National Public Radio programs and Marketplace.
Dan has won several major awards over his career, including two National Edward R. Murrow Awards for coverage of Native American issues in the southwest, an American Association for the Advancement of Science Kavli Science Journalism award for his coverage of climate change in Minnesota, and Best in Show at the National Headliner Awards for his profile of "wild ice" skaters in northern Minnesota.
Dan is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio with a degree in English and political science. He lives in Duluth with his wife and three daughters (and a black lab named Oscar). He's constantly on the lookout for good stories and intriguing characters in northeast Minnesota, and he's always up for a paddle, pedal, tromp or ski.
You can find Dan Kraker on LinkedIn.
Recent Contributions
- Walz executive order moves to block copper mining near the Boundary Waters
- A scaled-down plan to revive a historic lodge near the Boundary Waters faces renewed opposition
- New $1.8B Blatnik Bridge design unveiled; Duluth to Superior span opening set for October 2031
- Officials ID Alaskan crew member who died while fighting Boundary Waters wildfires
- Crew member battling to contain northern Minnesota wildfires dies
- ‘Devastating blow’: Special session unlikely, but BWCA outfitters still plead for fire relief
- Can a new design save one of Minnesota’s most controversial mining projects?
- Forest Service to open more of the Boundary Waters to canoeing as wildfire concerns ease
- Back into the BWCA: Canoeing campers return to the wilderness after wildfire closure
- Firefighters in NE Minnesota focus on protecting homes, cabins in case the wildfires spread
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