
Emily Reese
Newscaster
Meet Emily Reese
Emily Reese is the midday newscaster for MPR News.
She has worked in radio since 2005, starting at NET Radio in Lincoln, Nebraska (now Nebraska Public Media). In the Twin Cities, she has worked for MPR News, YourClassical MPR and Jazz88 KBEM-FM.
Emily studied music and music theory in college and graduate school. She loves music and sports, attending many concerts and professional sports activities in the Twin Cities. She has been a podcaster since 2011, covering various topics in music and the video game industry, and enthusiastically studies the Swedish language.
Recent Contributions
- Smoky air is forcing air quality alerts
- Layoff notices for state employees expected; Wildfires mostly contained
- Appetites: New breakfast brands succeed even as consumer craving for cereal declines
- Firefighters closer to containing Minnesota wildfires
- This weekend marks five years since George Floyd's murder
- MPR News journalists reflect on George Floyd‘s murder and the uprising that followed
- ‘This is a dark day:’ Rep. Kelly Morrison slams newly-passed House budget bill
- 'City leadership had abandoned us': Minneapolis Council member Robin Wonsley on Floyd uprising, 5 years later
- Author of George Floyd biography says momentum has 'dried up'
- People rally against potential cuts to disability waivers; Police reform advocates speak out against possible end to federal consent decree