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
- Wildfires could continue for weeks -- if not months -- bringing poor air quality to Minnesota
- Minnesota wildfires continue to burn
- Temperatures climb over the weekend; Active wildfires close access to parts of Boundary Waters
- Tornado touches down near Detroit Lakes; 75,000 tap into Minnesota paid leave
- Three people drowned over Fourth of July weekend; Allina hospice workers hold one-day strike
- Heavy rain brings severe flooding to southern Minnesota
- Defendants plead not guilty in ICE protest case; Warning labels for social media will wait
- Supreme Court rules on birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans
- Blue line trains replaced by buses; Storms and heat in Minnesota
- Google faces opposition over proposed $2 billion data center near Duluth
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