
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: July 2, 2026
- Mississippi River cities turning to a new AI-assisted disaster insurance
- Minnesota Now: July 1, 2026
- State funding kicks in for Minnesota counties to upgrade old technology systems
- How the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes impacts Minnesota
- Minnesota Now: June 30, 2026
- Minnesota Now: June 29, 2026
- 'People have lost everything': Minnesota Venezuelans seek help for earthquake victims
- Local pools expecting a big wave of people looking to beat the heat
- Minnesota advocates worry about disability rights with move of federal special education office
