George Floyd Protest Coverage - KSTP Minneapolis

As Minneapolis caught fire this year — literally and figuratively — KSTP produced courageous, sustained team coverage of one of the biggest stories of the year, maintaining a commitment to its hometown viewers.

CREDITS

News Director: Kirk Varner

Asst. News Director: Bob Sabo

Executive Producer: Lisa Schwartz

Investigative Executive Producer: Joe Augustine

Investigative Producer: Ana Lastra

Executive Producer: Nicole Roddy

Senior Producer: Stacey Alletto

Senior Producer: Alan Hoglund

Assignment Manager: Daren Sukhram

Assignment Editor: Tom Hubbard

Assignment Editor: Tim Burns

Assignment Editor: Ashley Halbach

Producer: Sarah Peterson

Producer: Tia Quirk

Producer: Brittany Baumann

Producer: Conrad Gredell

Producer: C.C. Rode

Producer: Mitra Zolfaghari

Producer: Kyle Johnson

Producer: Paul Lockwood

Producer: Troy Neumann

Producer: Ryan Odeen

Producer: Aarik Woods

Associate Producer: Ricky Campbell

Photographer: Chris Knoll

Photographer: Tommy Palunuk

Photographer: Matt Larsen

Photographer: Jeff Ernewein

Photographer: Justin Duhn

Photographer: Jason Hanson

Photographer: Nate Kruse

Photographer: Monty Stuempert

Photographer: Lance Thomas

Photographer: Jared Bergerson

Photographer: Joel Doering

Photographer: Mark Garvey

Photographer: Jim O'Connell

Photographer: Dave Peterson

Photographer: Phil Thiesse

Photographer: Dylan Jacobson

Photographer: Lee Zwiefelhofer

Director of Photography: Kevin Bubach

Director of Photography: Joe Caffrey

Reporter: Crystal Bui

Reporter: Eric Chaloux

Reporter: Ellen Galles

Reporter: Callan Gray

Reporter: Tom Hauser

Reporter: Brett Hoffland

Reporter: Alex Jokich

Reporter: Jay Kolls

Reporter: Joe Mazan

Reporter: Beth McDonough

Reporter: Jessica Miles

Reporter: Brandi Powell

Reporter: Rich Reeve

Reporter: Ashley Zilka

Investigative Reporter: Kirsten Swanson

Investigative Reporter: Ryan Raiche

Investigative Reporter: Eric Rasmussen

Anchor : Chris Egert

Anchor: Megan Newquist

Anchor : Matt Belanger

Anchor : Leah McLean

Anchor : Lindsey Brown

Anchor: Jackie Cain

Anchor : Paul Folger

Anchor : Kevin Doran

Traffic Reporter: Josie Smith

Editor: Bryant Hansen

Editor: Randy Davis

Editor: Russ Johnson

Editor: Mike Lopez

Editor: Bob Vasquez

Editor: James Curry

Editor: Cory Deveney

Editor: Rob Fields

Editor: Mike Merchant

Editor: Nic Ortiz

Editor: John Kerber

Photographer/Tech: Tim Zelenak

Photographer/Tech: Jim McMahon

Photographer/Tech: Travis Rosauer

Photographer/Tech: Todd Raaen

Director of Operations : Chris Meltvedt

Digital Media Director: Tracy Maher

Digital Projects Coordinator: Rebecca Omastiak

Digital Producer: Ben Rodgers

Digital Producer: Josh Skluzacek

Digital Producer: Charlie Wiese

Digital Producer: Tommy Wiita

Chopper 5 Pilot: Ken Melchior

Production Operations Coordinator: Kevin Hinkle

Audio Control Technician: Kaley Kaufman

TV Maintenance Engineer: Kevin Knapp

Audio Control Technician: Jacob Mans

Production Systems Engineer: Shane Pechacek

Audio Control Technician: Steve Schmit

Audio Control Technician: Zachary Smith

Director of Operations : Monica Doyle

Operations Technician: Neil Blageo

Operations Technician: Daniel Zachary

Operations Technician: Jon Grim

Operations Coordinator Control Room: Thomas Hamel

Operations Technician: Charlean Hunter

Ops Center Technician: Connor Nelson

Operations Technicians: Timothy Warnest

Director/Technical Director: Brad Altena

Director/Technical Director: Taylor Candia

Director/Technical Director: Scott Carlson

Production Assistant: Nicklaus Churchill

Director/Technical Director: Nicole Cunningham

Director/Technical Director: Mark Kopischke

Director/Technical Director: Lynn Palmquist

Technical Director: Dave Weaver

Production Assistant: Ryan Wenberg

Director/Technical Director: Ryan Wyckoff

Production Assistant: David Yanish

Operations Technician: Erik Rognerud

Operations Technician: Daniel Studer

Production Assistant: Melissa Stephan

Production Assistant: Jack Anderson

Production Assistant: Alexander Dean

Newsroom Assistant: Stephanie Hammergren