Media

MPR News wins national Murrow Award for Noor trial coverage
The team of reporters and editors took the large market award for continuing coverage for the trial of Mohamed Noor, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk.
Duluth police are investigating an attack on a WCCO-TV photojournalist who was covering President Donald Trump's rally Wednesday.
A new chapter for David Greene
David Greene is stepping back from hosting to focus on other projects, his last day will be December 29, 2020.
APMG president to step down amid calls for racial and gender equity
Jon McTaggart’s decision comes on the same day a group of MPR and APM employees wrote an open letter to listeners and audiences describing a lack of faith in senior leaders. It said the company has “fostered a harmful working environment for women and journalists of color” over its 53-year history.
Programming changes begin this weekend on MPR News
Starting this weekend, MPR News is introducing a new weekend programming schedule that gives listeners more hours of live news and a refreshed lineup of public radio’s best weekly shows.
It's getting hard to miss campaign ads in Minnesota
Millions of dollars in political ads are finding their way onto Minnesota TV stations, and the surge is only building.
La Raza Radio, displaced after Lake Street unrest, celebrates new home
Wednesday, La Raza Radio will christen its brand-new studios in Richfield, Minn. One of the buildings that went up in flames on the central business corridor on Lake Street after the killing of George Floyd housed the studios of La Raza Radio. Cathy Wurzer spoke with Maya Santamaria, CEO of the company that owns La Raza Radio, Santamaria Broadcasting.
MPR says DJ Eric Malmberg fired from The Current
“MPR has made the decision that the audience of The Current is best served by a programmatic change,” according to a statement on MPR.org. “Our hosts have to be able to attract an audience that wants to listen to them and trusts them and over the last 36 hours those conditions have changed for Malmberg.”