Bob Collins
Bob Collins has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 1992, emigrating to Minnesota from Massachusetts where he was vice president of programming for Berkshire Broadcasting Company. Previously, he was an editor at the RKO Radio network in New York, and WHDH Radio in Boston. He was the founder of MPR News' website.
Bob Collins was with Minnesota Public Radio from 1992-2019. He was senior editor of news in the ’90s, ran MPR’s political unit, created the MPR News regional website, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Recent Contributions
- What do you get a millionaire son for his birthday? The same thing you got him when he was broke
- A planet of pigs
- Baseball team runs right-wing propaganda video in Memorial Day salute
- NewsCut Flashback: A tornado’s connections
- Victim of alleged abuse calls for boycott against Children’s Theatre Company
- Ad: When a man taught his son how to shave
- What’s on MPR News – 5/28/19
- NewsCut Flashback: I found an old friend today, only to learn he’s dying
- At the baseball stadiums, patriotism is always on sale
- Woman delays surgery so she can watch the Stanley Cup playoffs