
Megan Burks
Lead Producer, All Things Considered
I’m the lead producer for All Things Considered on MPR News. That means I keep an eye on what’s coming out of our newsroom and NPR’s, and work to fill in the blanks — whether that’s getting someone on the show who can tell us what the latest national news means for Minnesota, highlighting a story or voice that’s been missing in our coverage, or squeezing a little levity and curiosity into the onslaught of news.
Before joining MPR News, I covered education, community health and immigration as a reporter at KPBS in San Diego. I also helped KPBS, Voice of San Diego, The AjA Project and Media Arts Center San Diego launch and manage Speak City Heights, a media collaborative and youth journalism program covering San Diego's immigrant and refugee communities.
My reporting in San Diego pushed police to collect racial profiling data, yielded new resources for low-income tenants living in dangerous housing conditions, reversed a magnet school policy that disenfranchised students of color, and fast-tracked street improvements at the site of a fatal hit and run.
What should I look into now? Email mburks@mpr.org or tweet @MEBurks.
Recent Contributions
- Minn. Secretary of State says he does not have authority to remove Trump from ballot, but individuals can petition
- In her new cookbook, Amy Thielen argues hosting should be more party than performance
- Infrequently Asked Questions: Where does the butter for the Princess Kay sculptures come from?
- St. Paul conservative legal scholar says Constitution bars Trump from being president
- Metro Transit sees momentum as it tests its home grown ride-hailing app
- Gun violence is down in Minneapolis, but auto sears may be causing more widespread injury
- Prime, grass fed — bird friendly? Audubon Society label coming to a meat aisle near you
- Minneapolis' first legally married same-sex couple reflects on a decade of gay marriage
- 'Pretty miserable': Prison staff, inmates swelter in Minnesota facilities without air conditioning
- What Russia's Black Sea grain blockade could mean for Minnesota