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 […]
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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 […]
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’ […]
The Current’s midday host is celebrating 10 years at APMG, and she was kind enough to answer some questions about music, career and life. On any given weekday, Jade can be heard spinning The Current’s stacks of wax from 10am – 2pm. She comes across in person much as she does on air: she’s friendly, easygoing, […]
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 Rachel Dennis (she/her) We welcome, talk to and refer to a lot of people around here – in person, on the phone, on air, and in writing. They are our colleagues, candidates, vendors, sources, members, board members and guests, etc. And they don’t all go by “he” or “she.” In the last six […]