MPR News at the ThreeSixty Journalism Gala. Clockwise from left (back row): Laura McCallum, Linda Miller, Doualy Xaykaothao, Elizabeth Dunbar, Will Lager, Ka Vang, Emma Sapong, Marcheta Fornoff and Marianne Combs. Submitted by Marianne Combs, Arts Reporter and Producer, MPR News I love a good bake sale – especially when it’s for a cause […]
Amanda at Clockwork’s HQ for the first MN Tech Diversity Meetup. Photo credit: N. Musinguzi In June we announced our alignment with the MN Tech Diversity Pledge movement launched by Clockwork, a Twin Cities interactive firm led by Nancy Lyons. We promised to update you on our inclusion journey via this blog. Inclusion and […]
Sometimes things like this happen when you work at MPR…
Submitted by Brian Newhouse, Host, Managing Director, Classical Programming On Monday, October 3, I was thrilled to host the first-ever joint concert between two choral supergroups: Cantus (based in Mpls) and Chanticleer (based in San Francisco). Classical MPR broadcast the sold-out concert live from Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis on a number of platforms including a Facebook […]
Photo credit: Eric Garcia McKinley Submitted by Eric Garcia McKinley, Engagement and Inclusion Senior Research Analyst/ACLS Public Fellow I am now eight weeks into my new job in public media. The position is exactly as new to American Public Media Group as I am: Senior Research Analyst for Engagement and Inclusion (read more about […]
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 […]
