MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
January 20, 1988 -
January 25, 1988 - Mainstreet Radio's Leif Enger interviews northern Minnesotan farmer Floyd Cartwright and others about weather “prophesying.”
February 2, 1988 - MPR’s Bill Wareham interviews Alan Page, former Minnesota Viking right defensive tackle, about announcement that he has made the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
February 8, 1988 - Mainstreet Radio’s John Biewen follows along doctor Alan Fleischmann in Caledonia, a town in southeastern Minnesota. Fleischmann practices small town medicine and makes house calls, something many in community feel are all too important.
March 4, 1988 -
March 10, 1988 -
March 21, 1988 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy reports on protests outside Woodbury home of Faust Theater manager, James Hafiz. The Faust Theater is attempting to relocate to Merriam Park area of St. Paul.
March 31, 1988 - MPR’s Kate Moos interviews AIDS Jacqui Banaszynski about her work “Aids in the Heartland,” which won her the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Banaszynski and her photographer, Jean Pieri followed two gay Minnesota farmers - Dick Hanson and his partner, Bert Henningson - one of whom had contracted AIDS.
April 8, 1988 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy reports on preparations in downtown Minneapolis prior to the home opener of world champion Minnesota Twins. Everything from turf to hankies are the focus of the day.
April 22, 1988 - MPR’s Jim Neumann reports on scientific conference being held in Duluth to discuss researching water quality of Lake Superior. Neumann interviews two scientists that are attending conference.