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Cari Dwyer is the senior producer for MPR News with Angela Davis.


Senior Producer

Cari Dwyer

Madelyn Bonkoski is the audience and engagement intern for MPR News.


Audience and engagement intern

Madelyn Bonkoski

Erica Zurek is the health reporter for MPR News.


Erica Zurek

APM Reports intern

Claire Keenan-Kurgan

Josh Cobb is an assistant producer for MPR News.


Assistant producer

Josh Cobb

Alex Simpson is a technical director and newscaster for MPR News.


Alex Simpson

Temporary associate producer/reporter

Anika Besst

Anne Guttridge is a video producer for MPR News, where she focuses on creating videos for social media and growing the newsroom’s video strategy. Prior to joining the newsroom, she spent almost five years at Twin Cities PBS where she grew her love of public media and her passion for sharing stories with emerging audiences. 


Video Producer

Anne Guttridge

CJ Younger is an assistant producer for Minnesota Now.


CJ Younger

Nikhil Kumaran is a producer for MPR News with Angela Davis.


Producer

Nikhil  Kumaran

Cari Spencer is an intern with MPR News.


Cari Spencer

Lindsey Seavert is a producer for Minnesota Now.


Lindsey Seavert

Newscaster

Elena See

Leah Lemm is an editor at MPR News, leading the Native News initiative.


Native News Editor

Leah Lemm

Matthew Alvarez is a producer for MPR News.


Producer, MPR News with Angela Davis

Matthew Alvarez

Melissa Olson is a reporter for MPR’s Native News Project.


Reporter, Native News

Melissa Olson

Ellie Roth is the Politics Fellow for MPR News. She previously worked as an investigations intern with APM Reports, the investigations and documentaries unit of American Public Media. 





Politics Fellow

Ellie Roth

Aleesa Kuznetsov is the senior producer of Minnesota Now.


Senior Producer, Minnesota Now

Aleesa Kuznetsov

Jane Helmke is the executive editor for MPR News.


Executive Editor

Jane Helmke

Producer, Morning Edition and All Things Considered

Lukas Levin

Producer, Minnesota Now

Alanna Elder

Anna Haecherl is a digital editor focused on audience engagement for MPR News.


Digital Editor

Anna Haecherl

Reporter

Nicole Ki

Max Sparber is the art editor for Minnesota Public Radio.


Arts Editor

Max Sparber

Duluth-based reporter for MPR News. On the look-out for good stories and intriguing characters in northeast Minnesota. Always up for a paddle, pedal, tromp or ski.


Correspondent, Duluth

Dan Kraker

Nicole Johnson is an associate digital producer for MPR News.


Associate Digital Producer

Nicole Johnson

Amy Felegy is an associate digital producer for MPR News.


Amy Felegy

Alex is an award-winning journalist from Minneapolis. She has covered arts and culture for more than a decade with stories published in the New York Times, Fast Company, Hyperallergic, AFAR and BUST. She lives in Powderhorn Park with two cats, a dog and a banjo-playing partner.


Senior Arts Reporter and Critic

Alex V. Cipolle

Feven Gerezgiher is a reporter and producer for MPR News, where she works with a team focused on reporting with and for young adults. She started her journalism career in community radio, covering police trials and community reactions after the killing of George Floyd. Feven studied economics and global studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She speaks Tigrinya and is from Saint Paul.


Reporter/Producer

Feven Gerezgiher

Lisa Ryan is the evening editor of MPR News.


Evening Editor

Lisa Ryan

Heidi Raschke is the senior producer of Morning Edition and All Things Considered.


Heidi Raschke

Regina Medina is a correspondent with the MPR News Race, Class and Communities team.


Correspondent | Race, Class and Communities

Regina Medina

Sarah Thamer is a senior reporter for the MPR News Race, Class and Communities team.


Senior Reporter | Race, Class and Communities

Sarah Thamer

Dana Ferguson is a politics reporter covering the Minnesota Capitol and elections for MPR News. Prior to joining MPR, she covered Minnesota state government and politics for Forum News Service and has previously reported on Statehouse news in South Dakota and Wisconsin. 

Ferguson grew up in St. Louis Park and now lives in St. Paul. She also speaks fluent Spanish and welcomes story ideas (as well as recipes and running tips) from MPR readers and listeners.


Senior Politics Reporter

Dana Ferguson

Kerem Yücel is the senior visual journalist for MPR News.




Senior Visual Journalist

Kerem Yücel

Jacob Aloi is an Arts Reporter for MPR News. 

Newscaster/Reporter

Jacob Aloi

Estelle Timar-Wilcox is a reporter for MPR News.


General Assignment Reporter

Estelle Timar-Wilcox

Jessica Bari is the senior producer for MPR’s mental health initiative Call to Mind.


Senior Producer, Call to Mind

Jessica Bari

Kaila White is a digital editor at MPR News.


Kaila White

Sam Stroozas is digital producer for MPR News.


Digital Producer 

Sam Stroozas

Producer, All Things Considered

Ngoc Bui

Ellen Finn is an associate producer for MPR News.


Associate Producer, Minnesota Now

Ellen Finn

Interim Senior Producer, MPR News with Angela Davis

Gretchen Brown

Mathew Holding Eagle III is the Bemidji regional reporter for MPR News.


Reporter, Bemidji

Mathew Holding Eagle III

Kyra Miles is the early childhood education reporter for MPR News.


Early Education Reporter

Kyra Miles

Ben Hovland is a visual journalist for MPR News. 


Visual Journalist

Ben Hovland

Gracie Stockton is the lead producer for Morning Edition.


Producer, Morning Edition

Gracie  Stockton

Maja Beckstrom is a producer for the MPR News talk shows.


Maja Beckstrom

Hannah Yang is a senior reporter covering southwestern Minnesota.


Senior Reporter, Worthington

Hannah Yang

Denzel Belin is the newsroom coordinator and Arts Hounds ambassador for MPR News. He currently works as a performing artist in the Twin Cities area in many different disciplines. He has also worked on special projects with MPR News, including Radio Camp and arts coverage.


Newsroom coordinator, Art Hounds ambassador

Denzel Belin

Catharine Richert is based in Rochester, Minn., and covers Southeast Minnesota for MPR News. She was previously on MPR's politics team, and has contributed to MPR's health care coverage. She lives in Rochester with her husband, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, and their three children.


Correspondent, Rochester

Catharine Richert

Kerri Miller is host of Big Books and Bold Ideas and Talking Volumes. She was the political reporter for KARE 11 television in Minneapolis-St. Paul before coming to MPR in 2004. She also writes the Thread newsletter.


Host, Big Books and Bold Ideas

Kerri Miller

Andrew Krueger is an editor for MPR News. Find more of his photography on Twitter, @akpix.


Morning Editor

Andrew Krueger

Mark Zdechlik

Brandt Williams is an editor for MPR News based in Minneapolis.


Editor | Race, Class and Communities

Brandt Williams

My beat is covering the future of public safety from Minneapolis, which has been the epicenter of discussions around policing and alternatives to policing since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. 


Senior Reporter

Jon Collins

Paul Huttner is chief meteorologist for Minnesota Public Radio News. 


Meteorologist

Paul Huttner

Editor

Paul Tosto

Michael Olson is the Deputy Managing Editor for Digital.


Deputy Managing Editor

Michael Olson

Jeff Jones is a senior producer for MPR News. 


Senior Producer, Broadcast Product

Jeff Jones

Long time radio guy from Scotland, now edits the regional team at MPR News.


Regional Editor

Euan Kerr

Life is about learning, exploring and creating. My job with MPR News allows me to indulge my curiosity every day! 


Correspondent, Moorhead

Dan Gunderson

Stephanie Curtis has produced events, daily news shows, documentaries, conferences and call-ins for MPR News. She also was among the pioneering producers who launched The Current. 


Director of Programming

Stephanie Curtis

Matt Mikus is a digital producer for MPR News.


Digital Producer

Matt Mikus

Matt Sepic is a general assignment reporter for MPR News. 


Correspondent

Matt Sepic

Brian Bakst is the MPR News politics editor.


Politics Editor

Brian Bakst

I am a deputy managing editor at MPR News.  My main pursuit is daily news, working afternoons and evenings.  I also work on the podcast, Minnesota Today.  My background includes reporting for public radio and television. I also spent eight years booking and producing a talk show at MPR News. 


Deputy Managing Editor, afternoon news

Nancy Lebens

Kirsti Marohn is a correspondent in MPR News' Collegeville, Minn., bureau.


Correspondent, Collegeville 

Kirsti Marohn

Chris Farrell is senior economics contributor at Marketplace, American Public Media's nationally syndicated public radio business and economic programs. He’s also senior economics contributor at Minnesota Public Radio. He frequently appears on MPR News as a contributor and guest host.


Senior Economics Contributor

Chris Farrell

Cathy Wurzer is the long- time host of “Morning Edition” and noon-time program, “Minnesota Now.” Since 1994, she has been the co-host of “Almanac,” a weekly public affairs program produced by Twin Cities Public Television for Minnesota's statewide public television network. 


Host, Morning Edition and Minnesota Now

Cathy Wurzer

Megan Burks is the lead producer for All Things Considered on MPR News.


Lead Producer, All Things Considered

Megan Burks

Kelly Gordon is a producer for MPR News. She works on the Minnesota Now team and also books interviews for host Kerri Miller’s weekly show, Big Books an Bold Ideas.


Producer, Big Books and Bold Ideas

Kelly Gordon

Angela Davis is the host of MPR News with Angela Davis, a weekday talk show that airs at 9 a.m. She joined MPR News in November 2018 after more than 25 years of television reporting and anchoring in the Twin Cities and other cities throughout the country. 


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