The following stories are career highlights from John’s decade as a journalist. For a comprehensive list of his work, go to his profile at MPR News or search his name at The Daily Gazette.
Scars remain, 10 years after the Red Lake school shooting
MPR News, USA Today, Red Lake Nation News
Awards:
First Place – Writing Radio Division | Associated Press
First Place – Page One Awards | Society of Professional Journalists
Lovely bones: Skull man of Bemidji strips taxidermy to its core
MPR News
Award:
Eric Sevareid Award of Merit – Audio | Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association
Ojibwe boxers fight for discipline, forgiveness
MPR News, Red Lake Nation News
Award:
Edward R. Murrow Award – Sports Reporting | Radio Television Digital News Association
Fatal brain disease threatens $1B deer-hunting industry
MPR News
Award:
Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists award for Special Project/In-depth Series
Whatever happened to the Marshall County cop who hit a UFO?
MPR News, The UFO Chronicles, Inforum
Young people don’t want to be morticians. Except for Victor.
MPR News, Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report
A proper burial for Lobo, the deer-killing monster who wasn’t a monster at all.
MPR News, Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report
Frozen. Thawed. Not dead: Jean Hilliard’s miraculous Minnesota story
MPR News, Albert Lea Tribune
Full list of byline publications
Over ten years, Enger’s journalism was featured in the following publications: MPR News, U.S. News & World Report, NPR, USA Today, Washington Times, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Salt Lake Tribune, The State, Albany Times Union, The Schenectady Daily Gazette, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Cary News, News & Observer, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Duluth News Tribune, KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA), Roanoke Times, WOSU-FM (Columbus, OH), Bradenton Herald, Hot Springs Star, Rock Hill Herald, WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.), Post-Bulletin, The Telegraph (Macon), The Olympian, Bryan-College Station Eagle, Grand Forks Herald, Dothan Eagle, West Central Tribune, La Crosse Tribune, Holmen-Courier Life, Merced Sun-Star, Bristol Herald Courier, Herald Standard, Brainerd Dispatch, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Winona Daily News, Bemidji Pioneer, KHPR-FM (Honolulu, HI), Faribault Daily News, Owatonna People’s Press, Austin Daily Herald, WVTF-FM (Roanoke, VA), Detroit Lakes Tribune, Echo Press, KMUW-FM (Wichita, KS), Worthington Daily Globe, Albert Lea Tribune, KNAU-FM (Flagstaff, AZ), Crookston Daily Times, WGLT-FM (Normal, IL), Grand Rapids Herald-Review, Mesabi Daily News, KUNR-FM (Reno, NV), WBAA-FM (West Lafayette, IN), Clay Center Dispatch, WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC), Sahan Journal, International Falls Journal, BusinessNorth, WCMU-FM (Mount Pleasant, MI), The Daily Reporter