Programs/Content
MPR receives $250,000 grant to expand community engagement
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MPR plans to hire a community engagement officer and hold diversity trainings for newsroom staff.
System/Policy
Staffers at The Current, Classical MPR look to unionize
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The efforts come amid personnel controversies and calls for change within the broader organization.
Programs/Content
Garrett McQueen exits Classical 24 after disagreements over changing playlists
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McQueen was the sole Black host on the syndicated music service.
System/Policy
APM/MPR eliminates 28 positions, ends ‘Live From Here’
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The organization is also ending the podcast “The Hilarious World of Depression.”
Programs/Content
WNYC, MPR call-in show gauges nation’s response to police protests
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The program aired on 342 stations across the country.
System/Policy
APM, MPR initiate staff reductions by offering voluntary buyouts, furloughs
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About two dozen staffers have agreed to separate from the organization or take furloughs.
People
APMG hires new president of Minnesota Public Radio
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Drew will be the first permanent president of MPR.
Programs/Content
MPR’s ‘Flyover’ returns to explore political transformations in the Midwest
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The new season of the live call-in show will focus on the Midwestern counties that swung from blue to red in 2016.
Programs/Content
New MPR-backed site hopes to be ‘one-stop shop for all things immigrant’
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Support from Minnesota Public Radio is enabling a website covering the state’s immigrant communities to expand into a full-time venture for its founder.