by Michael Popham MPR News’ Riham Feshir has been named as a recipient of the 2019 Above the Fold Awards from the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication Alumni Society. The award is given annually to alumni under the age of 40 who have made exceptional contributions to their fields. In […]
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Edited from an interview by Michael Popham Ellie McKinney started with APM as the general manager of the Fitzgerald Theater. After a four-year detour to MoMA PS1 in New York, she returned to the Twin Cities and is now the manager of Live Events for MPR. Q: Hi Ellie! Where did you grow up, and […]
By Michael Popham Steve Staruch’s soothing voice can be heard on the radio weekdays from 3 to 7 pm on Classical MPR. Before joining us at APM he worked at WCAL in Northfield, Minnesota, and before that WXXI in Rochester, NY. He recently became certified as a yoga instructor, and since that time has been […]
For the third year in a row, American Public Media Group has partnered with public media colleagues from across the US on a collaborative diversity recruitment endeavor called Public Media Village. Public Media Village will be at the career fair at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists on July 18 – 21 – NAHJ) the […]
Bill Davis, the public radio executive who oversaw the transformation of APMG’s KPCC from a small college-run station into one of Southern California’s largest news organizations, announced Tuesday he plans to step aside sometime in the next 18 months. Full story.
Minnesota Public Radio News operates out of our headquarters at the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul, MN and has long been recognized as one of the foremost journalistic organizations in the Upper Midwest, reaching news consumers across all platforms. We are fortunate to have many talented journalists working at MPR. Recently MPR News’ […]