MinnPost adds new data journalist, Greater Minnesota reporter to team

We re excited to announce two additional hires to MinnPost s growing newsroom unit Shadi Bushra Shadi Bushra is MinnPost s new records journalist Most of in the past few days he supervised a information crew at Forbes Advisor turning out reports comparing cities air quality road safety and business conditions He s also analyzed evidence and written for deal publications including Currently s Homeowner on home ownership disparities and Online U about how different generations view the value of a college training Shadi has worked in current news environments at both CNN and Reuters and holds a master s degree from Columbia University s Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting Brian Arola We also welcome Brian Arola to the gang as MinnPost s Greater Minnesota reporter Brian comes to us from the Mankato Free Press where he d been a reporter for nine years Prior to that he shared at the Hibbing Daily Tribune on the Iron Range His top coverage areas have included healthcare care and courts and he s won multiple awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association and the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists including first places for urgent news human interest and enterprise in-depth reporting Brian lives in Mankato and will review on a large number of areas of the state outside of the Twin Cities metro We re excited to welcome Shadi and Brian on board And in matter you missed it we also informed three other new hires last month The post MinnPost adds new material journalist Greater Minnesota reporter to group appeared first on MinnPost