
Meet Ellen Finn
Ellen Finn is a producer for Minnesota Now on MPR News.
Ellen started her career at KALW Bay Area Public Media. In Minnesota, she worked as a homelessness case manager in Minneapolis and for KFAI Fresh Air Community Radio before making her way to MPR News in February 2022. The compelling stories Ellen heard as a case manager inspired her to work as a radio journalist.
She was awarded first place from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association for the Minnesota Now program segment “Choosing death on one’s own terms.”
Ellen holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of Puget Sound with minors in music and gender studies. As a West Coast transplant, she has learned to embrace all of Minnesota's seasons by lake swimming in the summers and cross-country skiing in the winters.
Recent Contributions
- Minnesota Now: March 27, 2025
- ‘Seoul searching’: Korean adoptee celebrates 50th by raising awareness, funds for travel
- Thank You, Stranger: ‘Front Row Paul’ gave the Twin Cities music scene his all
- Minnesota Now: March 26, 2025
- Chilly end-of-March weather forecast with possible storm
- Minnesota Now: March 25, 2025
- Minnesota Now: March 24, 2025
- ACLU of Minnesota, Education Minnesota file suits against St. Francis schools book policy
- Minnesota Now: March 20, 2025
- Red Lake mass shooting survivor reflects on tragedy 20 years later