
Emily Reese
Newscaster
Meet Emily Reese
Emily Reese is the midday newscaster for MPR News.
She has worked in radio since 2005, starting at NET Radio in Lincoln, Nebraska (now Nebraska Public Media). In the Twin Cities, she has worked for MPR News, YourClassical MPR and Jazz88 KBEM-FM.
Emily studied music and music theory in college and graduate school. She loves music and sports, attending many concerts and professional sports activities in the Twin Cities. She has been a podcaster since 2011, covering various topics in music and the video game industry, and enthusiastically studies the Swedish language.
Recent Contributions
- Appetites: This year’s crop of ramps will be a delight for spring foragers
- Minnesota Busy Baby business owner: China tariff talks will allow business to continue, for now
- Minnesota air quality alert is unrelated to wildfires, MPCA says
- Rep. Stauber weighs in on Medicaid, Macalester offering international students summer stay
- Catholics react to pope news; U of M talks Trump administration grant funding cuts
- Driver in park Tavern crash pleads guilty; Bill strengthening DWI consequences passes Senate
- Minneapolis State of the City; First cannabis application lottery date set
- Minnesota Senate ethics panel won't proceed with complaint against DFL Senate President Bobby Joe Champion
- White House CPB funding executive order; Rochester police investigate social media of woman calling a child a racial slur
- Minneapolis shooting update; Changes to state remote work policy