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
- Air quality index due to wildfire smoke hits hazardous levels
- 500 firefighters battling 17 fires in northern Minnesota. And they're expected to burn for weeks
- Some BWCA wildfires may not be fully extinguished until it snows, officials warn
- BWCA has closed amid wildfires and harsh conditions. Parts of northeast Minnesota under air quality alert
- Heat wave hits Upper Midwest
- Judge sentences former Homeland Security agent to 7 years in prison for child sex abuse videos
- Federal lawsuit alleges Mayo Clinic has been cutting corners as it incorporates AI
- Hugo woman to be sentenced in September after pleading guilty to making threats against Minnesota lawmakers
- Suspected tornado in Detroit Lakes injures 2 people
- Minnesota Aurora headed to national semifinals this weekend
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