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Meet the Media: Freelancer Extraordinaire Dan Haugen

Happy Tuesday, and welcome back to the Highlighter for your weekly does of Meet the Media. Today we’re highlighting Dan Haugen, a Minneapolis-based freelance journalist who is also the part-time innovation/jobs editor for The Line, a new online magazine that covers creativity and innovation in the Twin Cities. To get to where he is today, Dan started writing for newspapers when he was in high school, followed by a brief detour into radio in college at the University of Minnesota. After graduating with a journalism degree, Dan worked at the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier in Waterloo, Iowa, where he won an investigative award for a story about gaps in Iowa’s monitoring of water quality in its rivers and streams, followed by a position at the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, S.D., where he covered crime and courts. With a mini-Midwest tour under his belt, Dan came back to Minneapolis in 2006 as a full-time professional freelance journalist, writing for outlets including Twin Cities Business, MinnPost.com and The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. From the perks of being a freelancer, to his take on the best local music picks, we have the inside track on Dan Haugen. Here’s what he had to share:(Continue reading…)