Todd Melby
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Nice Girls, Mean Bags
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From: KFAI
"This is what happens when Minnesota nice goes wrong." That's how Meghan McDonald-Heisserer describes the company she started with Christina Nguyen. Called "Maybe You Should ...
Yesterday's Revolution: Minneapolis 78 RPM Record Scene
(00:27:56)
From: KFAI
Lots of folks are into vinyl these days. Some people are even making mix tapes again. But if you really want to embrace obscure, seemingly dead media, there's no better way ...
When Minnesota Nice Goes Wrong
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From: 2 below zero
A profile of a pair of foul-mouthed Minneapolis crafters.
A Machine To See With
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From: KFAI
If you fidget in movies, bored by two-dimensional images, maybe you're ready for something now. Perhaps something like "A Machine To See With," an interactive cinema ...
About Me
is a reporter and radio journalist. His stories have aired on PRI's The World, The Environment Report, Marketplace, Day to Day, Only a Game, Chicago Public Radio, BBC Radio 4 and elsewhere. He's also covered breaking news stories in Minneapolis, including the I-35W bridge collapse, for Reuters. He is a senior producer at 2 below zero, a nonprofit dedicated to producing documentaries that start the conversation. He's won a pair of Edward R. Murrow awards, a Sigma Delta Chi award and a PRNDI award for radio documentaries produced with Diane Richard.
My Groups: 2 below zero, KFAI, and KBEMFavorite Shows: PRX Saltcast
Influences:
Work Experience
Senior Producer at 2 below zero
Previously Aired On
The World, Day to Day, Only A Game, Hearing Voices, Justice Talking, Marketplace, Radio Netherland International, Prime Time Radio, Savvy Traveler, and stations KFAI/Minneapolis, WBEZ/Chicago, WGBH/Boston, Marfa Public Radio and many others.Education
Hamline University, BA, Political Science
Northwestern University, MSJ, Journalism
The Environment Report, Candow Training
Awards
Additional Information
Affiliations: AIR and Society of Professional Journalists and South Asian Journalists AssociationOther Web sites: http://toddmelby.blogspot.com/
