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Minnesota Women’s Press Wins Five State Media Awards

Creative director Sarah Whiting won three honors for photography, and publisher/editor Mikki Morrissette won two recognitions for writing.

Minnesota Women’s Press Awarded a Media Grant

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2024 Story Year in Review

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TOP 10 Photo Shoots of 2024

We asked Minnesota Women's Press creative director Sarah Whiting to pick her Top 10 photo shoots from 2024. She generally shoots at least five stories every month for us. This is what she narrowed down to, and why.

GOOD NEWS: Helping Veterans, Through Changemaking Perseverance

In 2021, the state House majority leader agreed to help. The Women’s Press article was valuable in making the project real to the many legislators needed for support. 

2024 Impact Report

Minnesota Women’s Press works with over 100 writers annually, many from marginalized communities, giving them a voice and a platform that is often overlooked in mainstream media.

2024 Reader Survey: What You Told Us

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DEEP DIVE: Why the Housing First Model Works Nationwide (documentary insights)

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The documentary film “Beyond the Bridge: A Solution to Homelessness” is deep, moving, and ultimately uplifting.

Deep Dive: “Let’s Talk About Black Women and Mental Health”

"Unless we start to imagine what we want, we will continue to live out the nightmare that someone else imagined for us. I think of all the brilliance in this room, and all the brilliance next to me, and the way that folks are reimagining what could be.”

What the Crow Wing County Jail Needs in Order to Reduce Crime

Said one staff member at the jail, “I have had clients tell me, ‘You can send me to chemical dependency treatment all you want, and

Four Advocates Talk About How Minnesota Can Address Gender-Based Violence Collectively

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We know so many survivors who went through a criminal process and find themselves no safer. They don't feel healed. Survivors deserve more options than what we currently have invested in as a society.

2024 Badass Minnesotan Award Winners

Badass members voted for the first annual Badass Minnesotans Awards, whose recipients were recognized at an April 13 event. The five individual and three organizational winners were selected from a collection of 2023-24 stories published on womenspress.com.