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.
October 19, 1992 -
October 20, 1992 - American diplomat L. Bruce Laingen talks about his book, "Yellow Ribbon: The Secret Journal of Bruce Laingen. The Minnesotan was the most senior American official held hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.
October 20, 1992 - Canadian poet and fiction writer Michael Ondaatje reads from his novel, The English Patient.
October 20, 1992 - Educator and local journalist Ann Daly Goodwin shares experience of visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York and thoughts on the World Series.
October 20, 1992 - Canadian poet and fiction writer Michael Ondaatje reads from his novel, The English Patient.
October 20, 1992 - Jerry Haaf, John Laux
October 20, 1992 - Minnesota Public Radio hired Bob in 1980 to anchor the local show connected with National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" program. "I believed that the skills I developed as a reporter, talk show host and press secretary might be valuable to corporate executives who interact with the news media," Bob says, "so I called some business people I knew and started a communication consulting and coaching firm." This eventually took all of his time, so he quit the voice and MPR jobs.
October 20, 1992 - Minnesota Public Radio hired Bob in 1980 to anchor the local show connected with National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" program. "I believed that the skills I developed as a reporter, talk show host and press secretary might be valuable to corporate executives who interact with the news media," Bob says, "so I called some business people I knew and started a communication consulting and coaching firm." This eventually took all of his time, so he quit the voice and MPR jobs.
October 20, 1992 - Timothy Long, Stephen Goethke and Gerald Bell of Saint Paul car dealerships Long Cadillac, Long's Imports and Long's Other Place appealed convictions. Includes comment from community activist Nick Davis who pressured federal authorities to investigate. Former Saint Paul Mayor George Latimer and a Saint Paul deputy police chief wrote letters to judge asking for leniency on Timothy Long's behalf.
October 21, 1992 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews writer Paul Gruchow and photographer Gerald Brimacombe about their book collaboration, Travels in Canoe Country.