@JeffMPR

Senior Producer for broadcast at MPR News. St. Paul via Chicago and D.C. He/Him

 St. Paul, MN
mprnews.org/
Joined June 2009
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Current, which covers the public-media industry in the U.S., published a story today profiling my team and our work!
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A pretty rare PDS tornado watch 🌪️ for southern Minnesota today. It's an Oklahoma atmosphere overhead. #mnwx
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Kinda hoping you found this tweet by looking up “aurora in Minnesota” in hopes of cool pics and stumbled upon a women’s soccer team instead.
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MN parents - what's the summer camp situation with all these air quality alerts? Are you pulling kids out of day camps? Are places canceling? Are camps attempting to keep kids indoors?
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Hello Minnesota! I've officially started as the early education reporter @MPRnews and I'm excited to dig into this topic. Whether you're a community leader invested in early childhood, a teacher, or a parent reach out with ideas and info! My email is [email protected]
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I don’t post on here much, but I am host the 9am show on @MPRnews this morning! Tune in at mprnews.org, or 91.1 FM if you’re in the twin cities!
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I forgot to post this on this nightmare site, but here's an explainer I wrote (separate from the main story about DOJ report on MPD), which covers what a Consent Decree is and means for Minneapolis. Get yourself up to speed before your weekend gatherings! mprnews.org/story/2023/03/27…

Consent decree negotiations on MPD: 9 questions, answered

Minneapolis and federal authorities say they’ll negotiate a consent decree around the findings from the Justice Department’s report on the Minneapolis Police Department. Here’s a look at what these...

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pls remember that behind pledge drives are a bunch of reporters and producers who need to eat and pay rent
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One of the most moving and significant elements in the reaction we got to Sold a Story was people who struggled to learn to read and assumed they had a learning disability. But now they are wondering - was it just that I wasn't taught HOW to read? apmreports.org/story/2023/05…
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NEW: Mayo Clinic will get a full exemption from the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act. Lawmakers say Gov. Tim Walz demanded it. Backstory: minnesotareformer.com/2023/0…

Mayo Clinic threatens to pull billions in investments over proposed legislation • Minnesota Reformer

Mayo Clinic has given Gov. Tim Walz and state lawmakers an ultimatum over two bills that aim to increase nurse staffing levels and rein in health care costs: Gut the bills or the nonprofit hospital...

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Brian Bakst@Stowydad18 May 2023
Replying to @dbrauer
Whenever new lawmakers, press flaks, advocates ask me how their idea can get coverage, one of my key pieces of advice is: If I can't understand it, I can't translate or explain it to a mass audience.
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Do you LOVE #mnwx ? We'll have all the MPR meteorologists together for a weather extravaganza starting around 12:20 on Minnesota Now today @mprnews.
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Todd Melby@toddmelby7 May 2023
Notes from America: Live now on @MPRnews. An important discussion about American Indian Boarding Schools
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In tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, tonight's Blue Wahoos game notes headlines match the meter and rhyme of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
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Judge Peter Cahill has ruled that former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao is GUILTY of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. This is the final pending criminal charge against former officers involved in Floyd's murder. (1)
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Sirens will sound today in Minnesota for the annual test tornado drills at 1:45 & 6:45 PM. #mnwx
NWS Twin Cities
@NWSTwinCities20 Apr 2023
There will not be a Test Tornado Watch occurring at 1:00 PM. (This Usually consisted of a test "Tornado Watch" post to social media & a special message on NOAA Weather Radio.) The Tornado Drills at 1:45pm & 6:45pm will still occur. Sirens will be sounded at these times. #mnwx
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Call to Mind wants to hear from #LGBTQ teens & young adults about how you're taking care of your #mentalhealth. We’re gathering stories for an upcoming #publicradio program 📻 We also welcome stories from guardians! Email us at [email protected].
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Lulu NYT
@LuluGNavarro5 Apr 2023
😱When you’ve spent your career living in *real* authoritarian states with govt controlled propaganda and your fellow Americans don’t understand the difference. 👋🏼
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On a day of wall-to-wall Trump coverage, @NPR is taking a different approach. Yes, we'll cover the news. Yes, we have reporters at the courthouse & Trump Tower. But we're covering lots of other news too, and we will not air Trump's speech live. Here's why: npr.org/2023/04/03/116785606…

A peek behind the curtain of NPR's coverage of Trump's indictment

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR's executive editor Terry Samuel about how and why our organization plans coverage around Trump's indictment.

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Michael Steele
@MichaelSteele3 Apr 2023
I'm flipping stations and shaking my head. It's no wonder we can't recover from this Trump infection because the media continues to feed Trump's thirst to be everything everywhere all at once! On the plane, off the plane, in the car. Y'all know the actual @POTUS travelled today?
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We did it! We finally hit 50F at MSP Airport. First 50 since November 26. Latest 50 in 22 years for MSP. #mnwx
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