Prior to joining Buffalo’s Fire, Jolan Kruse interned with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and WISN Channel 12 News, where she covered Milwaukee schools, breaking news and the Republican National Convention. She most recently reported on Second Look Legislation and Juvenile Life Without Parole laws for the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism. Jolan was part of the Marquette University class of 2025, graduating with honors in journalism and social welfare and justice. She also studied abroad in South Africa where she immersed herself in the local community as a volunteer teaching 4th-grade English while taking classes at the University of Western Cape.
Beat: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in the Northern Plains.
Investigating the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in the Northern Plains. The date-driven reporting focuses on the experiences of families and communities while addressing injustices, jurisdictional challenges, inadequate resources, racism, bias and cultural erasure issues.