Meet Regina Medina

Regina Medina is a correspondent for the MPR News Race, Class and Communities team, where she covers events, people and issues in north Minneapolis. She also reports on feature stories involving diverse topics such as Christmas traditions, labor violations and soda fountain taprooms.  

After college, Regina moved to Venezuela, where her parents are from, and taught English before working for the English-language newspaper The Daily Journal. She then worked for various newspapers in the U.S., including with the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Akron Beacon Journal in Ohio, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in upstate New York and Philadelphia Daily News.  

Regina was named Employee of the Year in 2007 at Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. She also received a Keystone Award for news feature writing for her story “Test Drive Turned Deadly in Lancaster County.”  

Regina graduated from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, with a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies.  

As a newish Minnesotan, Regina is excited to explore the state, particularly Duluth, Grand Marais and the Boundary Waters. She has already taken an ice dip as part of an MPR series on winter fun and hopes to try curling and the sauna-to-ice-water adventure next.  

You can find Regina on LinkedIn, X and Instagram.