About Dan Haugen

Dan Haugen is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about business, technology and environmental issues.

As a reporter for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Haugen won an investigative award for a story about gaps in Iowa’s monitoring of water quality in its rivers and streams. At the Sioux Falls Argus Leader in South Dakota he covered crime and courts, including a series on perceived disparities between whites and American Indians in the setting of judicial bail amounts.

Since moving home to Minneapolis in 2006, Haugen has reported for a variety of newspapers, magazines and websites, including MinnPost.com, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Twin Cities Business. He can be reached at 612-217-1057 or dan [at] danhaugen [dot] com.