
Annie Baxter
Regional Editor, Talking Sense
Meet Annie Baxter
Annie Baxter is the editor of our Talking Sense series, which helps Minnesotans have hard political conversations, better. Previously, she served as an editor on The Wall Street Journal's daily flagship podcast, The Journal.
Annie has a long history with MPR/APM and has worn many hats at the company since 2003. She covered business and the economy first in MPR's regional newsroom and then for the national program Marketplace. And she developed and led two podcasts through the Water Main, American Public Media's initiative focused on water issues. Annie also co-teaches a narrative journalism class at Macalester College.
Recent Contributions
- Bagley residents consider proposal to disband police department
- Former state Sen. Nicole Mitchell must serve 6 months in jail for felony burglary
- Prosecution and defense in Nicole Mitchell case diverge in how they think she should be sentenced
- Great Lakes region faces rising, unprecedented demand for its water resources
- Sen. Nicole Mitchell guilty of two counts of burglary after multi-day trial
- Nicole Mitchell testifies, insisting she went into stepmother’s home only for a welfare check
- Jury selected in criminal trial of DFL State Sen. Nicole Mitchell
- How to talk to kids about politics without divisive rhetoric
- Walz and other officials tour storm damage in Beltrami County
- Convicted human smugglers get prison sentences after Indian family’s deaths on Canada-U.S. border