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
- Tim Walz and Tom Emmer can’t stop maligning the other. Is Minnesota worse off for it?
- Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith wants to ’give it away, give it away’ now for music
- Lightning sparked fire along North Shore, fire officials report
- Minnesota pulls breathalyzers for review after data entry errors reported
- In reversal, Walz says he needs deal with top lawmakers to call special session on guns
- Minnesota leaders outline potential effects of federal government shutdown
- Minnesota officials, agencies brace for impacts of federal government shutdown
- Jumbo bills barreling toward review by Minnesota Supreme Court after gun ruling appeal
- How will the federal government shutdown affect Minnesota?
- Minnesota leaders take spat public as they tussle over special session on gun violence prevention