BIO
Minna (they/them) is a Minneapolis-based writer, digital media producer, and researcher. Their music writing has appeared in Pitchfork, MTV, The FADER, SPIN, Noisey, among others. They DJ and host MSG Radio every Thursday 10 am-12 pm CT on KFAI 90.3 FM. During the day, they serve as Copywriter for the Walker Art Center, and when they're able, they make art at @artbyshimpchips.
Previously, Minna interned with American RadioWorks, now APM Reports, the audio documentary unit of American Public Media. Before that, they conducted sociolinguistics fieldwork as a Fulbright Fellow to Senegal. During that time, they documented an emergent pidgin language used by Chinese and West African merchants in Dakar, which they called Centenaire Pidgin.
In their university days, Minna music directed, produced, and DJ'd for Continental Drift on WNUR 89.3 FM Evanston-Chicago, partnering with venues, artists, and record labels throughout the Chicagoland area. In 2011, they interned with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. They graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Linguistics and Creative Writing-Poetry.
Minna speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, French, and Wolof. They are available for freelance writing, editing, proofreading, transcription, and radio work at minnaxzhou [at] gmail [dot] com. Resumé available upon request.
Previously, Minna interned with American RadioWorks, now APM Reports, the audio documentary unit of American Public Media. Before that, they conducted sociolinguistics fieldwork as a Fulbright Fellow to Senegal. During that time, they documented an emergent pidgin language used by Chinese and West African merchants in Dakar, which they called Centenaire Pidgin.
In their university days, Minna music directed, produced, and DJ'd for Continental Drift on WNUR 89.3 FM Evanston-Chicago, partnering with venues, artists, and record labels throughout the Chicagoland area. In 2011, they interned with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. They graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Linguistics and Creative Writing-Poetry.
Minna speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, French, and Wolof. They are available for freelance writing, editing, proofreading, transcription, and radio work at minnaxzhou [at] gmail [dot] com. Resumé available upon request.
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