Glover Named Managing Editor, MPR News
• Twin Cities-based MPR News welcomes Sarah Glover as the newsroom’s Managing Editor. Glover joins MPR News from NBC-Owned Television Stations, where she served as Manager of Social Media Strategy.
In her new role as Managing Editor, Glover will lead a team of more than 40 reporters, photojournalists and editors and will be responsible for editorial decisions and planning across MPR News platforms. Glover will also collaborate closely with MPR News’ Program Director Stephanie Curtis, and work alongside both Curtis and MPR President Duchesne Drew to champion the development of both a vision and strategy to best serve and cover the state’s diverse communities. “Sarah is an incredibly accomplished journalist and, as an advocate for meaningful change in the media industry, she brings a strong leadership and strategic skillset,” said Drew. “We’re extremely fortunate to welcome her level of talent to our newsroom. Thorough and inclusive journalism is necessary, especially in a divisive time like the one our state faces now. Sarah will take our newsroom to the next level in serving all of Minnesota’s communities.”
Glover brings with her 23 years of experience in local journalism, including more than a decade at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News as a staff photographer. She also served two terms as President of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and played a crucial role in the AP Stylebook’s move to capitalize the “B” in Black to describe people and communities.
“I grew up in a household where public media was ever present and it influenced the person I am today,” Glover said. “I’m fortunate that I can help shape the news products that will speak to the next generation of MPR listeners and digital audiences. I look forward to working with MPR’s talented journalists to build bridges and cover the state of Minnesota with authenticity and zeal.” She added, “As communities across America strive for equity, so does the news industry. My goal is to build upon the diversity work at MPR and develop an anti-racist and inclusive newsroom that’s a model for the nation. Storytelling is truth-telling, and the role of journalism is vital.”
Glover is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she earned a dual degree in Photojournalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and African American Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a Master’s in Communication Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration at Temple University Fox School of Business. Glover is a 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow at Harvard University.
A subsidiary of American Public Media Group – home to APM, the nation’s second-largest producer and distributor of public radio programs — Minnesota Public Radio has news bureaus across the state. MPR News distributes stories daily to newspapers across the state, and its radio signal can be heard by 95 percent of Minnesotans.
