Angela Davis
Host, MPR News with Angela Davis
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.
Davis leads conversations on a wide variety of topics including how the state is changing, Minnesota’s persistent racial disparities, economic issues, education, mental health and the climate crisis. The award-winning program includes insight from experts as well as listeners who call in during the live broadcast.
Before joining MPR News, Angela anchored morning and evening newscasts and worked as a reporter at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis and KSTP-TV in St. Paul. She has won five regional Emmy awards for anchoring and covering breaking news. Her television career included jobs at CNN in Atlanta and local stations in Washington, D.C.; Dallas; and Lexington, Ky. She is also a Gracie Award winner for her work in public media.
Angela graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a degree in journalism. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the university’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism in 2024.
She grew up in southern Virginia and is a member of the local and national chapters of the National Association of Black Journalists and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
She frequently emcees community events and moderates panel discussions in Minnesota. She also regularly speaks to students. In 2013, she was honored with the Widening the Circle Award by ThreeSixty Journalism, for her work mentoring young journalists.
Angela is married and has a son and a daughter.
Recent Contributions
- Talking Sense: The roots of political polarization
- The loneliness epidemic: Why we’re lonely and how we can build connections
- St. Paul’s Cherise Ayers on returning to lead Central High School
- Inside the classroom: Early-career teachers and paraprofessionals
- Why Pilates, yoga, barre and ‘functional fitness’ are having a moment
- Power Pair: Identical twins and Minnesota state troopers
- Meet the people moving to Minnesota
- A wide lens: Ethnic studies in Minnesota classrooms
- Minnesota chaplains on their changing ‘spiritual caregiver’ roles
- How Hmong and Karen community leaders are fighting youth addiction