Chris Roberts
Chris Roberts was an arts and culture reporter for MPR News from 1989- 2015. He worked as a reporter, producer and host since 1989. From 1999 to 2003, Roberts created and hosted MPR's weekly arts program, "Word of Mouth," hosted The Current's "The Local Show," a weekly hour long program devoted to local music. Roberts has received numerous regional and national honors for his work, including awards from the Minnesota Music Academy, the National Association of Black Journalists, Public Radio News Directors Association, Unity Awards, and American Women in Television and Radio. Chris has a B.A. In English from the University of Michigan.
Recent Contributions
- Artist defends his controversial veterans memorial
- Flyte Time to move studios to California
- Halloween Alaska draws on big names to celebrate.... the 80's?
- Weisman Art Museum celebrates 10 years
- Sherwin Linton is cool country
- Local band gb leighton is music phenomenon
- Marching to the sound of a different drum processer: Tiki Obmar
- Playing less hurt
- 1992: "We are Hmong," a play for the generations