Dan Haugen

Current

Freelance Writer (Self-employed)
Editor/Publisher at Northeast Beat

Past

Neighborhoods Editor at Twin Cities Daily Planet
New Journalist Fellow at Center for Independent Media
Staff Writer at Minnesota Premier Publications

Staff Writer at Argus Leader
Staff Writer at Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Intern at St. Paul Pioneer Press
Intern at Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal
Program Host, Volunteer at KFAI Radio
News Director at Radio K

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Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Connections

237 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

Dan Haugen’s Summary

I'm a freelance journalist who writes about business, technology and environment for a variety of print and online publications. My beats include medical devices, green business, and Minnesota company news.

Current Publications: MinnPost.com, Twin Cities Business, Finance & Commerce, Lake Minnetonka Magazine

Past/Occasional Publications: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Twin Cities METRO, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SolveClimate.com, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, Minnesota Independent, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Downtown Journal, Southwest Journal, Pulse of the Twin Cities, Northeaster, Channel4000.com

Dan Haugen’s Experience

Freelance Writer

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

I have been published in several newspapers and magazines, as well as online publications. They include MinnPost.com, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Twin Cities Metro, Twin Cities Business Journal, Finance & Commerce, Downtown/Southwest Journals, Northeaster, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Rift and others.
Editor/Publisher

Northeast Beat

(Online Media industry)

November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

A neighborhood news blog covering Northeast Minneapolis. On the forefront of a growing hyper-local online news movement, the site offers users access to video, podcasts, reader forums and other new media forms, along side professionally reported and well written news reports.
Neighborhoods Editor

Twin Cities Daily Planet

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)

A part-time contract job that involved promoting and developing citizen-journalism content for the website's neighborhood sections.
New Journalist Fellow

Center for Independent Media

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)
Staff Writer

Minnesota Premier Publications

(Newspapers industry)

September 2006 — April 2007 (8 months)
Staff Writer

Argus Leader

(Public Company; Newspapers industry)

December 2005 — September 2006 (10 months)
Staff Writer

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

(Newspapers industry)

March 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 9 months)
Intern

St. Paul Pioneer Press

(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)

September 2003 — December 2003 (4 months)
Intern

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal

(Writing and Editing industry)

June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)
Program Host, Volunteer

KFAI Radio

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

March 1998 — March 2003 (5 years 1 month)

Hosted weekly local music program
News Director

Radio K

(Writing and Editing industry)

May 2000 — April 2001 (1 year)