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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.
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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
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Lovely bones: Skull man of Bemidji strips taxidermy to its core
MPR News
Award:
Eric Sevareid Award of Merit – Audio | Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association
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Ojibwe boxers fight for discipline, forgiveness
MPR News, Red Lake Nation News
Award:
Edward R. Murrow Award – Sports Reporting | Radio Television Digital News Association
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Fatal brain disease threatens $1B deer-hunting industry
MPR News
Award:
Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists award for Special Project/In-depth Series
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Whatever happened to the Marshall County cop who hit a UFO?
MPR News, The UFO Chronicles, Inforum
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Young people don’t want to be morticians. Except for Victor.
MPR News, Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report
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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
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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