Meet Nicole Ki
Nicole Ki is a reporter with Reverb, a MPR News initiative and reporting team focused on serving younger (and young-at-heart) Minnesotans. Her work includes in-depth reporting and producing TikTok videos on a wide range of Minnesotan topics.
Before joining MPR News, Nicole was a human rights reporter for the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she covered mental health and criminal justice. She started her career working at several news outlets in Madison, Wisconsin.
Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in Asian American studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Originally from Long Island, New York, Nicole is a first-generation Chinese American raised by two immigrants from Hong Kong. She is passionate about telling stories that shed light on underrepresented communities and is always on a journey of building community after living in four states in the past few years.
Nicole's favorite boba spot is Ding Tea in St. Paul, and her favorite restaurant is Mandarin Kitchen in Bloomington.
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Recent Contributions
- Minnesota teens are using less cannabis. Some groups are still at higher risk
- Minnesota’s legal cannabis market turns 1 as growers ramp up production
- Federal investigators interview key witness to Alex Pretti shooting, attorneys say
- Minnesota hemp farmers rethink the crop as federal hemp-THC ban approaches
- Flock cameras face growing public scrutiny across Minnesota
- Lime scooter takeover sends hundreds through downtown Minneapolis
- Minnesota raises kratom purchase age as poison center calls climb
- After court reversal, Albert Lea reconsiders cannabis dispensary it had denied
- Wildfire smoke disrupts outdoor parties, concerts across Twin Cities
- They packed for the Boundary Waters. Then wildfire danger changed their plans
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