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
- Vance Boelter due in court Monday for first appearance on state charges
- Hundreds of thousands of Haitians across the country face uncertainty as their Temporary Protected Status ends
- Parts of the BWCA reopen to overnight camping
- Elon Musk challenges anti-nudification law. St. Paul Mayor Her accused of inappropriate comments
- Wildfires in northeastern Minnesota are more than 50 percent contained, firefighting officials say
- DFL U.S. Senate hopefuls Craig, Flanagan to debate live at 11 a.m. on MPR News
- Friday marks 6 months since Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a federal agent
- Vance Boelter to be sentenced in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers. Officials developing plans to reopen parts of the BWCA
- Cooler temperatures and higher humidity helps firefighting effort, but officials continue to monitor for new fires in windy conditions
- Person of interest taken into custody after triple homicide in St. Paul apartment Monday night
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