Emily Reese
Newscaster
Meet Emily Reese
Emily Reese is the midday newscaster for MPR News.
Since 2005, Emily has been on the air in the Midwest, interviewing thousands of people from community organizers to Grammy-award-winning musicians.
When off the air, she hosts the award-winning podcast Level with Emily (conversations with composers about music and sound in video games).
Recent Contributions
- FBI agents raid autism treatment centers; Minneapolis City Council overrides mayoral veto to enact 2025 budget
- Minneapolis mayor vetoes 2025 budget; cannabis rollout delays lead to disappointment
- Cold front and snow showers in Minnesota; Freeze on spending could be in the state budget forecast
- Search for gunman in CEO shooting continues; St. Paul school district looks for next superintendent
- Search for gunman continues in CEO's fatal shooting; Minneapolis City Council fails to override Frey's veto on labor standards board
- Police search for suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO; Minnesota economic forecast is $1B less than anticipated
- Cargill lays off several hundred workers in Minnesota; the BCA confirms video of Winston Smith killing
- Scott County officials say 20 absentee ballots were accidentally discarded
- Walz continues routine; Nursing homes sue state
- Cannabis license lottery suspended; Minnesota's abortion laws challenged