
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: Dec. 18, 2025
- Holiday concert puts Christmas story in Latin America with centuries of music from the region
- New study finds tribal gaming industry spurs $1.7 billion in economic activity for Minnesota
- Minnesota Now: Dec. 17, 2025
- Minnesota Now: Dec. 16, 2025
- State agricultural mental health specialists support farmers under rising economic strain
- Minnesota Now: Dec. 15, 2025
- A St. Paul rabbi's son survived the Brown University shooting. Then came the Australia Hanukkah attack
- Minnesota Now: Dec. 11, 2025
- Podcast 'Cardiac Cowboys' tells captivating story of Minnesota's open-heart surgery pioneers