MPR News with Angela Davis

The future of public media: MPR president on local journalism, federal cuts and what's next

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MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks with Duchesne Drew, the president of Minnesota Public Radio, about the future of public media in the wake of government funding cuts.
Dani Werner

MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks with MPR President Duchesne Drew about the future of local journalism and public media in the wake of government funding cuts. They talk about how MPR News is adapting, what’s at stake for communities and what he thinks it will take for public media to survive and thrive.

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