Meet Cari Dwyer
Cari Dwyer is a senior producer for MPR News with Angela Davis.
Cari first caught the radio bug at Wisconsin Public Radio, where she was a producer, newscaster and guest host for several years. She helped launch the national show, “Calling All Pets,” and eventually moved to the Twin Cities to produce daily talk shows on Minnesota Public Radio. Cari then left MPR to help create hands-on exhibits around the country for the Science Museum of Minnesota. She rejoined the newsroom in 2024 and is glad to be back at MPR News, creating call-in shows that inform, inspire and include listeners.
Cari has won awards for breaking news and election coverage, but is also proud of her role in helping produce the traveling exhibition Mental Health: Mind Matters.
Cari graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a bachelor's degree in agricultural journalism, now called life sciences communication, with a focus on science writing.
Cari’s teenagers talked her into getting chickens during the pandemic. She swore she was not going to enjoy them. She was wrong, and now rarely talks about anything else.
You can find Cari Dwyer on LinkedIn.
Recent Contributions
- From shorebirds to songbirds: Understanding Great Lakes birds
- What does it really mean to be happy?
- A St. Paul rabbi's son survived the Brown University shooting. Then came the Australia Hanukkah attack
- Fatal mass shootings at Hanukkah event in Australia and at Brown University
- Job hopping vs. job hugging: Why workers are rethinking career moves
- Possible federal immigration operation raises questions for Somali immigrants in Minnesota
- Minnesota’s paid leave law: What you need to know about the 2026 launch
- What does it really mean to be brave?
- Hunger and shame: Breaking the stigma around food assistance
- FAFO parenting: When should kids 'find out' for themselves?