Andrew Nelson, Digital Storyteller

Andrew Nelson has been the Digital Storyteller for the Rural Health Information Hub since 2021.

In this role, Andrew is responsible for the creation of digital content that highlights rural health programs and issues, shares insights from rural health experts, and features RHIhub's products and services. This includes various types of video content, and RHIhub’s podcast Exploring Rural Health.

Andrew received a bachelor’s degree in film studies with an emphasis in production from Minnesota State University in Moorhead. Before joining RHIhub, he worked for WDAY-TV in Fargo as a photojournalist, receiving a 2019 Upper Midwest Emmy for Weather Documentary with “Rebuilding Paradise” and a 2020 Upper Midwest Emmy for Evening Newscast with “Fargo Riot.” Additionally, he shot and edited the 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Award-winning “Life on a COVID Floor,” a four-part series showing life in Sanford Hospital's COVID-19 ward in Fargo from the perspective of a patient, a doctor, a nurse, and a respiratory therapist. Andrew also worked for Moorhead Community Access Media, a local public access TV channel, covering Moorhead City Council meetings, town halls, and other events.

Andrew grew up in Mayville, North Dakota, a small town with both a Critical Access Hospital and a Rural Health Clinic. After exploring the Midwest, he realized that not everyone has the same access to comprehensive healthcare that he did and that it’s important to maximize healthcare availability to rural residents across the country.

Contact Andrew at 701.777.6780 or by email at andrew@ruralhealthinfo.org.