Ellen Schmidt is a visual journalist born and based in Minnesota. She comes from a newspaper background after several internships and five years as a staff photojournalist in Las Vegas, Nevada. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism, she started her career working as a reporter, photographer and multimedia editor at the Minnesota Daily student newspaper. Her work seeks to visualize home, capture emotion and record moments that help people relate to one another.
Beat: Visual journalist/videographer
This visual journalist reports on how state and local policies affect everyday Minnesotans. They seek out visual signals and political symbology, and spend time with local people experiencing the issue.