
Jon Collins
Senior Reporter on MPR News' Race, Class and Communities desk
I try to tell stories about how policies and systems affect people’s lives. I want people’s experiences to be at the center of the stories I write. Our Race, Class and Communities desk at MPR News is dedicated to expanding the stories told by journalists about what it means to be indigenous, working class or a person of color in Minnesota. Our goal is not only to point out that disparities exist, but to tell our audience how they were created and what systems or policies are perpetuating them.
A free press is critical to a healthy and functioning democracy because it holds powerful figures and institutions accountable to the public. But journalists have a responsibility to build trust with the people who share their stories with us and with our audience. We’ll try to help people understand our role by telling you how and why we do our jobs. I’m a big fan of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, which instructs journalists to seek truth and report it, minimize harm and act independently.
Tell me what I don't know!
Twitter: @jonscollins | Email: jon.collins@mpr.org | Phone: (651) 290-1429 (contact me securely on Signal)
Recent Contributions
- New law seeks to stem rising costs of disability claims while also providing PTSD treatment
- How Minneapolis has changed three years after the murder of George Floyd
- Thao found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd
- Black entrepreneurs say Minneapolis 'Wildest Dreams Expo' was bad for business
- Hennepin Co. prosecutor Moriarty rips Walz, Ellison for taking over McKeever case
- Some ‘cautiously hopeful’ state oversight will lead to changes in Minneapolis police
- Winona LaDuke resigns as Honor The Earth leader after sexual harassment case
- Lawsuit bars ex-MPD union head Bob Kroll from policing in 3 counties
- Minneapolis, state agree on police operations overhaul, 3 years after Floyd's murder
- Where should Minneapolis build its new 3rd Precinct building?