Meet Phineas Pope
Phineas Pope is the morning newscaster for MPR News.
Prior to MPR, Phineas hosted All Things Considered and Weekend Edition at Northwest Public Broadcasting in Pullman, Wash. There, he also reported stories around the Inland Northwest. Phineas has also worked in production at Iowa Public Radio and Iowa PBS. His reporting work has aired nationally on NPR.
Phineas is also an organist and jazz pianist. He studied music and law at Drake University in Des Moines, and wrote his thesis on forensic musicology issues. Specific interest areas include copyright law, music theory and musicology.
Recent Contributions
- All 201 seats in the Minnesota Legislature are up for election Tuesday
- Vice President JD Vance cancels planned visit to St. Cloud
- Pine Island to conduct more-thorough environmental review of proposed Google data center
- Another key player in the Feeding our Future case faces sentencing Wednesday
- Hermantown council moves Google data center vote amid protests
- Detroit Lakes School Board meets Monday, community members worry rainbow sticker ban may still be discussed
- Family of Allison Lussier say they finally feel justice was served
- Justice Department seeks to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from immigration-related cases
- A final faceoff in Minnesota's governor's race is Wednesday in Rochester
- Red Lake Nation Chairman Darrell Seki Sr. says he will not step down
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