Meet Sam Stroozas
Sam Stroozas is a digital producer for MPR News where she writes about gender, sexual health and life in Minnesota. She also leads coverage on the MPR News Instagram account.
Before joining MPR News, Sam freelanced in Chicago for multiple publications, including Newsweek, Ms. Magazine, the Chicago Reader and In These Times. She worked at the Evanston RoundTable, a nonprofit newsroom in Illinois, as a digital engagement reporter and as a reporting fellow at Rebellious Magazine.
Sam’s work has received several awards and distinctions, including multiple Page One Awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association, an Eric Sevareid Award from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association and a Public Media Journalists Association award.
Sam graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a double major in English and media studies and a minor in women, gender and sexuality studies. She then went to Northwestern University in Chicago for her master’s in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, where she specialized in social justice and investigative reporting. She is originally from western Wisconsin.
In her free time, Sam enjoys reading, practicing yoga, spending time with her cat and exploring different parts of Minnesota.
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Recent Contributions
- Discrimination charge filed against Faribault Burger King location for blackface incident
- MN Shortlist Nov. 6-12: Queer & Funny fest, Leslie Odom Jr. in Winona and a U.S. poet laureate
- MN Shortlist Oct. 30-Nov. 5: Puppets, haunted houses and a little humerus art
- MN Shortlist Oct. 23-29: Twin Cities Horror Fest, Moomin mini-prints and a time capsule
- This Woodbury neighborhood draws thousands of visitors for its Halloween displays
- MN Shortlist Oct. 16-22: Twin Cities Film Fest, ‘Swingposium,’ Walker Design Triennial, scary books and more
- The ‘Gay Bowl’ flag football championship is coming to Minnesota for the first time
- Forget the broom at home: These Minnesota witches prefer to be on the lake
- For the first time, Minnesota has K-12 health standards. Here’s what to know
- Here’s what 15 Minnesota food influencers liked, disliked at the State Fair
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