
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 May 8-14: Pottery mania, sad clown opera, brewery fests and dance at the Walker
- City officials, community members break ground at site of north Minneapolis amphitheater
- MN Shortlist May 1-7: Musicals, a secret circus and an exhibition on Native American treaties
- MN Shortlist, April 24-30: Little Women, Fallout, accordions and more
- Prince's legacy still shines in downtown Minneapolis 10 years after his death
- MN Shortlist, April 10–16: Works in progress, traditions reopened
- After safety concerns cancel a reading, 'HMong Futures' heads to premiere
- MSPIFF opens with Maria Bamford documentary and a wide-ranging slate of global films
- MN Shortlist, April 3–9: Artists rethink how stories are carried
- MN Shortlist, March 27-April 2: Art as record, witness and repair
