Press Releases

Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series Welcomes NPR's Deborah Amos on March 24

March 2, 2010

Minnesota Public Radio presents Deborah Amos as part of its Broadcast Journalist Series. A longtime foreign correspondent who covers Iraq for National Public Radio, Amos will speak March 24 in the auditorium of O'Shaughnessy Educational Center at the University of St. Thomas. The lecture is co-sponsored by St. Thomas' College of Arts and Sciences and the Communication and Journalism Department.

Minnesota Public Radio News Names Jon Gordon Its First Social Media/Mobile Editor

February 24, 2010

Minnesota Public Radio announced today that Jon Gordon will serve as its newsroom's first social media/mobile editor. Gordon is the creator and host of American Public Media's Future Tense, a weekday radio program that has been a news leader reporting on emerging technologies and trends. Gordon will start in his new position in early May. John Moe, the former host of American Public Media's Weekend America, will assume Gordon's role reporting on technology matters.

Wits--A Good Laugh with Writers

February 19, 2010

Starting in March, Minnesota Public Radio presents Wits™-- a four-part humor series hosted by John Moe and featuring John Munson on upright bass and mic at The Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.