Dan Olson
Dan Olson reported and produced Minnesota Sounds and Voices for MPR News. He was a reporter at Minnesota Public Radio from 1974 to 2015. He's covered agriculture, education, the city of Minneapolis and metropolitan government during that time. He's also been a substitute and permanent host of several of Minnesota Public Radio's news programs over the years. Dan's Bachelor of Science degree is in agricultural journalism from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1975 with a minor in agricultural economics.
Recent Contributions
- Minneapolis mosque to reopen after 2014 fire
- Minnesota Marine Art Museum has great works, stories
- No sign of slowing down: Activist marches on for Native American rights
- For 91-year-old U prof, one last lecture but lots left to do
- Students walk out to join Black Lives Matter rally, protests
- Winona sculptor draws inspiration from the Mississippi
- A boy in wartime: St. Olaf prof recalls Nazi invasion of Norway
- Never again: Family's stories recall Armenian genocide
- Music helps keep Parkinson's patients going
- Nurse helps sexual assault survivors heal, move on