When you visit The Kling Public Media Center in downtown Saint Paul, Abdifatah Warsame is probably the first person you’ll meet. He just might be the nicest, too. Everyone at MPR knows him as Abdi. In the two years he’s been overseeing the lobby, he’s built a reputation as a steady hand, a hard-working professional and […]
Submitted by Sarah Eldred Meet Ellen Bartyzal, a senior at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Ellen was one of the two Eichten News Fellows this summer at Minnesota Public Radio. She applied for the program because she knew former Eichten Fellow, and they had “nothing but good things to say about their […]
Submitted by Sarah Eldred With the release of the first few episodes of the podcast In The Dark last week, we want to be sure you meet the interns and fellows behind the scenes at APM Reports. Lila Cherneff is an APM Reports fellow. She joined APMG as a tape logger for American RadioWorks, which […]
Submitted by Sarah Eldred Will Craft: “Every so often, when I am in a meeting or listening to people work around me, I just think, ‘Wow, this is my job. I get paid to do this,’ which is pretty amazing.” What’s it like to have worked on In The Dark, APM Reports’ new podcast that […]
Contributing to this post: Nancy Cassutt, Executive Director, MPR News & Programming; Kate Moos, Director, News Content Development; Lauren Dee, Project Manager; and Jen Hanlon Ash, Director of HR. “It’s a powerful experience to give voice to people who aren’t heard on their terms, sitting in their neighborhood and from their point of view on […]
Left to Right: Jackie Lawyer, Ali Lozoff and Afua Paintsil Submitted by Sarah Eldred Minnesota Public Radio’s 50th anniversary is right around the corner. Just a few months ago, Ali Lozoff was chosen to organize this benchmark year with celebrations, events and programs. Interns Jackie Lawyer and Afua Paintsil were hired to jump-start this enormous […]
