Meet Dana Ferguson
Dana Ferguson is a senior politics reporter for MPR News.
Before joining MPR News, Dana covered Minnesota politics and state government for Forum News Service. She has also reported on state legislatures in South Dakota for the Argus Leader and in Wisconsin for The Associated Press and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Dana has made appearances on MSNBC, C-SPAN, ABC News Live and NPR for her political coverage and insight. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including multiple awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, a third-place award at the National Headliner Awards for abortion coverage and was named Outstanding Young Journalist by the South Dakota Newspaper Association in 2018.
Dana received a bachelor’s degree in communication and Spanish from DePauw University, where she was a member of the Media Fellows Program. She grew up in St. Louis Park and now lives in St. Paul.
Recent Contributions
- Democrats show discord over rollbacks of paid family leave, other past priorities
- Kids are getting stuck in Minnesota’s mental health care pipeline. Lawmakers are weighing a fix
- Fraud is a focus for Minnesota lawmakers this year. Here are measures they’re pitching to fix it
- Democrats claw back education funding bill over end to unemployment benefits for school workers
- A look at the growing field of candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat
- DFL Rep. Angie Craig announces bid for open U.S. Senate seat
- Lawmakers grill Ellison over 2021 meeting with group involved in Feeding Our Future fraud
- Walz pushes for Minnesota to be a model, stand against ‘chaos and destruction’ from feds
- Gov. Tim Walz delivers State of State as gaze goes beyond Minnesota
- Minnesota lawmakers return for the last leg of session. Here’s what to watch