Ellen Schmidt
@photoellen.bsky.social
Photojournalist at MinnPost
@minnpost.bsky.social
Pictures are magic, dogs are better. Posting what I'm seeing & reading.
@minnpost.bsky.social
Pictures are magic, dogs are better. Posting what I'm seeing & reading.
This month I started as the visual journalist @minnpost.bsky.social, @catchlight-io.bsky.social fellow and @reportforamerica.bsky.social corps member.
On Tuesday, I drove south to Albert Lea on the cannabis beat for a story with Greater MN reporter Brian Arola: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
On Tuesday, I drove south to Albert Lea on the cannabis beat for a story with Greater MN reporter Brian Arola: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
Cannabis retailers navigating regulatory landscape ahead of debuts
Cities and counties can’t opt out of the cannabis industry, but they are afforded tools to restrict the location and number of businesses.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This month I started as the visual journalist @minnpost.bsky.social, @catchlight-io.bsky.social fellow and @reportforamerica.bsky.social corps member.
On Tuesday, I drove south to Albert Lea on the cannabis beat for a story with Greater MN reporter Brian Arola: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
On Tuesday, I drove south to Albert Lea on the cannabis beat for a story with Greater MN reporter Brian Arola: www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
I got to photograph runner and Hiccup founder Kristina Smithe this month for this AP story about her company, which provides reusable cups for races around the country. Give it a read!
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...
This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better
Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can pile ...
apnews.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I got to photograph runner and Hiccup founder Kristina Smithe this month for this AP story about her company, which provides reusable cups for races around the country. Give it a read!
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...
The Minnesota House of Representatives voted down a bill yesterday that would have banned transgender athletes from competing on girls sports teams.
Opposing rallies took place before the vote on the Capitol steps and outside the House chamber.
For @mprnews
Opposing rallies took place before the vote on the Capitol steps and outside the House chamber.
For @mprnews
March 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Minnesota House of Representatives voted down a bill yesterday that would have banned transgender athletes from competing on girls sports teams.
Opposing rallies took place before the vote on the Capitol steps and outside the House chamber.
For @mprnews
Opposing rallies took place before the vote on the Capitol steps and outside the House chamber.
For @mprnews
Minnesota United fans flocked to St. Paul for the Loons' home opener. Photo gallery for @mprnews.org
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Photos: Fans celebrate the home opener for Minnesota United
Minnesota United fans kicked off the season at home with a win for the Loons 1-0 over CF Montreal on Saturday. Photojournalist Ellen Schmidt documented the game and the fans for MPR News.
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March 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Minnesota United fans flocked to St. Paul for the Loons' home opener. Photo gallery for @mprnews.org
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
Artist from around the world traveled to Stillwater, Minnesota to compete in the World Snow Sculpting Championships. Photo gallery for @mprnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Artist from around the world traveled to Stillwater, Minnesota to compete in the World Snow Sculpting Championships. Photo gallery for @mprnews.org
Caught a sun dog while photographing in negative cold temperatures this morning in Minneapolis. This brutal cold can be absolutely beautiful ❄️
January 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Caught a sun dog while photographing in negative cold temperatures this morning in Minneapolis. This brutal cold can be absolutely beautiful ❄️
Lingering on this view of a glacier in the Chugach Mountains, made while on a day off after a reporting trip to Alaska in August.
November 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Lingering on this view of a glacier in the Chugach Mountains, made while on a day off after a reporting trip to Alaska in August.
"With each specialist killed, Gaza has lost a network of knowledge & human connections, blows more enduring than those borne by most of the area’s 35 hospitals since Oct. 7, the doctors and experts said. The killing of even one doctor could cripple the services they led where specialists were few."
Gaza’s doctors were building a health system. Then came war.
Health workers killed in the Gaza war have included more than 50 highly qualified specialists, Reuters found; doctors who strived for decades to create a health system for a Palestinian state.
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June 6, 2024 at 6:49 PM
"With each specialist killed, Gaza has lost a network of knowledge & human connections, blows more enduring than those borne by most of the area’s 35 hospitals since Oct. 7, the doctors and experts said. The killing of even one doctor could cripple the services they led where specialists were few."
Loved this conversation & Emily's essay. "Individuality kills art." Something to take with me this week.
Emily Keegin - On Fuck Marry Kill Photography
Listen to this episode from The Messy Truth - Conversations on Photography on Spotify. In this episode, Gem Fletcher is in conversation with Photo Editor Emily Keegin about New Rules, a special collab...
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June 6, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Loved this conversation & Emily's essay. "Individuality kills art." Something to take with me this week.