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Tonight we’re sending off grace birnstengel, who is moving on after more than 2 years with MPR News. I will miss her audience-first mindset and intuition, and the creative stories and videos it brought us. Wishing you luck in your next chapter Grace!

Having the best time at my first in-person journalism conference since the pandemic began and my first SRCCON ever! I see now what people love about it — they really do facilitate connection. Say hi if you see me! #srccon2023

My team’s work from Election Day:

The first job posting I’ve written for MPR News is up! As part of our initiative to reach and reflect diverse Minnesotans 18-35 we’re looking for someone to lead our creation of video for social media. Feel free to contact me with any questions! recruiting2.ultipro.com/AME1098APMG/Jo…

COME WORK FOR THE STREET TEAM MPR News

Exclusive: A fourth University of Wisconsin-River Falls student died last semester and the university said it is treating the deaths as a suicide cluster. Nicole Ki ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ 🇭🇰 talked with UW-River Falls officials, NAMI Minnesota, moms of 2 late students & more: mprnews.org/story/2024/01/…

Coming on Twitter once a quarter to prove that I still work in journalism and I love what my team does:

BREAKING: More than 250 fosters could lose funding to put themselves through college because of a $5 million budget shortfall in a MN grant program, Fostering Independence Grants. The program is in its second year. mprnews.org/story/2024/03/…

Current, which covers the public-media industry in the U.S., published a story today profiling my team and our work!

Logging on to tell the journalists left on this platform that my team won Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists awards for social media and for a project profiling transgender and nonbinary Minnesotans for Pride Month! 📸: James Napoli for MN SPJ mnspj.org/2024/06/18/mns…

I’m so honored and thrilled to have been chosen for this program, which I’ve admired for years!

I’m in Atlanta for the #ONA24 conference and its Online News Association Women’s Leadership Accelerator! Who else is coming? Would love to connect!

This month I spent six days in Atlanta for the Online News Association conference and Women’s Leadership Accelerator. I’m still in awe that I was picked for this program I’ve admired for years, and it was fascinating to connect with my cohort of 25 journalists from 7 countries. Thank you #ona24!

Well that's a first for me! The Hennepin County attorney complimented my team's work on the Nudieland mass shooting:

This week my team and I hosted our first live event for MPR News! See the highlights here: mprnews.org/story/2025/03/…