Meet Dana Ferguson
Dana Ferguson is a political correspondent for MPR News.
Before joining MPR News, Dana covered Minnesota politics and state government for Forum News Service. She has also reported on state legislatures in South Dakota for the Argus Leader and in Wisconsin for The Associated Press and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Dana has made appearances on MSNBC, C-SPAN, ABC News Live and NPR for her political coverage and insight. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including multiple awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, a third-place award at the National Headliner Awards for abortion coverage and was named Outstanding Young Journalist by the South Dakota Newspaper Association in 2018.
Dana received a bachelor’s degree in communication and Spanish from DePauw University, where she was a member of the Media Fellows Program. She grew up in St. Louis Park.
Recent Contributions
- With key races to sort out, early voting for Minnesota’s primary election begins
- Steps to honor Hortman, prevent future tragedies take root in year since her assassination
- A year after their killings, here are ways to honor the Hortmans this week
- Retired judge to chair state panel documenting effects of federal immigration enforcement in MN
- A year after violent attack, Sen. Hoffman says trauma lingers but he won't retreat from public life
- House Speaker Lisa Demuth to run in GOP primary for governor
- Clinched endorsements don’t resolve intraparty divides in key DFL, GOP races
- Kendall Qualls gains GOP endorsement for Minnesota governor but will face primary challenge
- Qualls secures GOP endorsement for governor in 10-ballot marathon plagued by glitches
- Qualls reaches for final votes to put him over the top in GOP governor's contest
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