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
- Marathon fever: As runners prep for Twin Cities race, 2027 Grandma's Marathon sells out
- Blast, at last: Minnesota’s first new iron ore mine in 50 years targets new era of steelmaking
- A new ‘pain cave’: Jessie Diggins keeps pushing limits after retiring from skiing
- After 30 years, Minnesota's longest paved bike path is finally finished
- Retired from Nordic skiing, legend Jessie Diggins tackles the Superior 100 mile race
- Why the devastating Boundary Waters wildfires are critical for a healthy Minnesota forest
- Northern Minnesota wildfires now fully contained; BWCAW forests already sprouting new growth
- From lake to table: Turning Minnesota's invasive crayfish into a local delicacy
- How the State Fair launched the career of a Minnesota culinary icon
- From poop to plants, how wolves help blueberries grow and spread in northern Minnesota
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