March 13, 2025

24 Minnesotans reflect on how COVID-19 changed their lives

Nina Moini - Host, William Tauer - Interviewee, Jean Watson - Interviewee, Nastassja Riemermann - Interviewee, Shaville Thomas - Interviewee, Joe Crownhart - Interviewee, Mike Rios-Keating - Interviewee, Becky Pansch - Interviewee, Barkhad Abdirahman - Interviewee, Brett Sietsma - Interviewee, Sophia Rowe - Interviewee, Deodatus Gbadoe - Interviewee, Saniah Bates - Interviewee, Sebastian Rivera - Interviewee, Anna Mosser - Interviewee, Mike Brooks - Interviewee, Matthew Smith - Interviewee, Layla Wudi - Interviewee, Elijah Lawson - Interviewee, Laria Preston - Interviewee, Hanad Ali - Interviewee, Graham Wilson - Interviewee, Arya Lucht - Interviewee, Shreya Bellampalli - Interviewee, Aleesa Kuznetsov - Producer, Ellen Finn - Producer, Alanna Elder - Producer, Ellie Roth - Producer

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With the marking of the fifth anniversary of the COVID pandemic, The Minnesota Now team spent a month going out across the state and asking listeners and readers to share their story and experiences from that dramatic period in our collective recent history.

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Awarded:

2026 MNSPJ Page One Award, first place in Radio - News Special [Radio] category

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