Marianne Combs spent 25 years reporting for Minnesota Public Radio News before becoming an independent journalist. She was named 2020 Journalist of the Year by the Minnesota chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists, and has won multiple awards for her investigative reporting. In 2022 she co-founded the Center for Broadcast Journalism, an organization dedicated to equipping a new generation of diverse reporters with the tools and connections they need to succeed. She lives in St. Paul.
