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
The MinnPost is seeking a photojournalist to produce in-depth storytelling through photography and videos. This visual journalist will report on how state and local policies affect everyday Minnesotans. We often see visual symbols of a certain policy playing out, such as a new fence keeping unhoused people out of an area. The visual journalist seeks out these cues and spends time with people experiencing the issue. Sometimes, they collaborate with other reporters, and other times, they produce content that stands alone.