
Phil Picardi
Newscaster/Reporter
Phil Picardi is a newscaster for MPR News, and occasionally fills in as Morning Edition host when Cathy Wurzer is away. He also produces the MPR News Update, a daily podcast summarizing the top stories of the day. His duties include compiling, writing and delivering newscasts, and writing news banner headlines and news stories for air later in the day. He's been in broadcasting for 25-plus years, doing public radio news in Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin, and now, for the past decade, here in Minnesota. Phil grew up in St. Louis, Mo. and graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He reads non-fiction and knows all kinds of obscure facts about the American Civil War. He also watches way too much football. Phil likes most musical genres but cannot carry a tune or remember lyrics.
Recent Contributions
- Mpls. OKs public safety funds; DFLers rebuke colleague over Palestinian youth comment
- Protesters sound off on Israel-Hamas war at Capitol
- Mayo plans new Rochester campus; public gets a say on state emblem finalists
- Minnesota Supreme Court marks historic firsts; Anoka-Hennepin teachers union seeks mediation
- Few details released after Chauvin stabbed in prison. Smith Foundry air quality meeting set
- Final flag designs unfurled. Flu, COVID and RSV spreading before holiday
- Manure scent wafts across Minnesota on high winds and warm temps
- Commission aims to find flag finalists. Fairview ending partnership with U of M
- Pardoned Thanksgiving turkeys hail from Willmar. Light rail train bumped off tracks Saturday
- Mpls. weighs bonuses to recruit cops; suit alleges BCA withholding information