Meet Nina Moini

Nina Moini is an award-winning journalist and host of MPR’s midday show, Minnesota Now. Nina has been reporting across the state of Minnesota in radio and television news since 2013. Since joining MPR News in 2017, Nina has covered a wide range of topics including public safety and immigration for radio and digital news. Nina hosted the podcast In Front of Our Eyes, which covered the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent trial. She was co-host of Sunday evening news and variety show The Warming House, which aired on MPR News during the winter of 2020-2021 as a reprieve from the difficult news of the height of the pandemic.

Nina was born in Denmark to Iranian parents and immigrated to the United States when she was 5 years old. She grew up in Apple Valley, a suburb of the Twin Cities. A graduate of the University of Missouri, majoring in journalism and political science, Moini is also a former University of Minnesota Industry Inclusion Fellow of the Hubbard School of Journalism. 

Before joining MPR News, Moini reported daily news for WCCO-TV Minneapolis with live reports for CBS This Morning and other CBS affiliates. She started her career as a Special Projects Reporter for Waterman Broadcasting at WBBH/WZVN-TV in Fort Myers, Fla, where she reported daily segments on consumer news. She has won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting and Regional Emmy awards for breaking news coverage and morning newscast. Nina enjoys spending her free time outside, with her family and her dog Barry.