
Meet Ellen Finn
Ellen Finn is a producer for Minnesota Now on MPR News.
Ellen started her career at KALW Bay Area Public Media. In Minnesota, she worked as a homelessness case manager in Minneapolis and for KFAI Fresh Air Community Radio before making her way to MPR News in February 2022. The compelling stories Ellen heard as a case manager inspired her to work as a radio journalist.
She was awarded first place from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association for the Minnesota Now program segment “Choosing death on one’s own terms.”
Ellen holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of Puget Sound with minors in music and gender studies. As a West Coast transplant, she has learned to embrace all of Minnesota's seasons by lake swimming in the summers and cross-country skiing in the winters.
Recent Contributions
- Minnesota Now: June 25, 2025
- A hotline is collecting stories of LGBTQ+ mutual aid in Minnesota for podcast, archive
- Minnesota Now: June 24, 2025
- ‘Ham Radio‘ highlights the complexities and passions of home cooking in greater Minnesota
- Minnesota Now: June 23, 2025
- Miss Juneteenth Pageant celebrates young Black women leaders in Minnesota
- Thank You, Stranger: The ‘Northfield Angel’ spreads random acts of kindness
- Minnesota Now: June 19, 2025
- Minnesota Now: June 18, 2025
- Move over, June gloom? Hot, humid weather on the way