
Meet Jacob Aloi
Jacob Aloi is a newscaster and reporter for MPR News, where he anchors weekend programs and reports on arts and culture.
Jacob started as a contractor with MPR News before being hired to cover the arts full time. He is also a proud member of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association. Before coming to MPR News, Jacob was a theater technician and hosted a show at Frogtown Community Radio in St. Paul.
Jacob’s work has been recognized with two Eric Sevareid Award from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association, as well as a third place Page One Award for Arts and Entertainment Reporting from the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He is also a past fellow with the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut.
Recent Contributions
- MN Shortlist, March 20–26: Crossing forms, holding histories
- Twin Cities theaters confront shrinking support from federal and private sources
- Rochester walloped by winter storm. Many southern Minnesota schools districts closed or online Monday
- MN Shortlist, March 13–19: Films in Ely, orchestral favorites and a shamrock-themed rock lineup
- Gas prices rise; Walleye limit on Mille Lacs Lake
- MN Shortlist, March 6–12: From Cuban cinema to circus spectacle
- Another federal judge threatens to hold officials in contempt over immigration detainee documents
- 1 person jailed, 38 people cited and released after demonstrating outside Whipple Sunday
- MN Shortlist, April 27 – March 5: Winter pushback, origin stories and returns
- How a Dungeons & Dragons meetup turned into mutual aid during ICE operations
