Jolan Kruse

Jolan Kruse is investigating the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples in the Northern Plains. She is from the Chicago suburbs, but currently lives and works in Bismarck, North Dakota. Prior to joining Buffalo’s Fire, Jolan interned with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and WISN Channel 12 News, where she covered Milwaukee schools, breaking news and the local government. She also reported on criminal justice reform for the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism.

Jolan was part of the Marquette University class of 2025, graduating with honors in journalism and social welfare and justice. She studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, immersing herself in the local community as a volunteer teacher for 4th grade English while taking classes at the University of Western Cape.

Jolan hopes to use her passion for social justice to bring awareness to the MMIP crisis while holding power structures to account. You can support her work with a tax-deductible donation to Report for America.