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
- Rep. Dean Phillips: Omar committee ouster was 'reckless' and 'dangerous'
- Special: Exploring the 'Future of Us'
- Future of Us: After the pandemic took worship online, a Rochester church takes stock
- St. Paul resident reflects on his time covering Pope Benedict XVI for Catholic News Service
- 'I bring a holistic view': Q&A with Dawanna Witt, new Hennepin County sheriff
- Future of Us: At the Guthrie, a 2,500-year-old art form learns to pivot
- Future of Us: How the pandemic has and hasn’t changed the ‘Land of 20,000 Nonprofits’
- New book explores why a Minnesota woman joined the Symbionese Liberation Army
- Future of Us: After three historic years, what's next for downtown Minneapolis?
- Appetites: Minnesota chefs share their favorite Thanksgiving sides