Meet Peter Cox
Peter Cox is a general assignment reporter for MPR News. He is currently covering politics at the Minnesota Capitol and has worked at MPR News since 2014.
Peter started his career at local newspapers in Minnesota, including The Pilot-Independent in Walker, the Albert Lea Tribune, the West Central Tribune in Willmar and the St. Cloud Times.
He later worked as a general assignment reporter for the New York Post, a sports reporter at the Atlanta-Journal Constitution and a freelance journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, for 2 ½ years.
Peter has a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield and a master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Peter is a native of St. Paul. His favorite Minnesota vacation spot is Leech Lake, favorite Minnesota season is winter, and favorite dog is Copper the beagle.
Recent Contributions
- How an increased Minnesota homestead credit will be doled out to offset higher property taxes
- Fraud report highlights missed signals, slow action over plagued Minnesota-run programs
- Clinched endorsements don’t resolve intraparty divides in key DFL, GOP races
- Flanagan wins DFL Senate endorsement but faces primary challenge
- Klobuchar, Schwarze notch convention wins with more races on tap for DFL, GOP
- Klobuchar wins DFL endorsement for governor
- Some DFL delegates push for show of support for trans candidate
- DFL leaders open convention saying they’re seeing many new delegates
- Klobuchar might knot up endorsement easily, but has DFLers to still win over
- Klobuchar picks a running mate as political party conventions get underway
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