Meet Euan Kerr

Euan Kerr is the regional editor for MPR News. He works with a team of six reporters stationed around the state of Minnesota who work to tell important stories about the places we live.      

Born just outside Glasgow, Scotland, Euan began his radio career at the University of Stirling as a DJ and then later as a news staffer at University Radio Airthrey​. After moving to Minnesota in 1983, Euan worked at several local​ stations including KFAI​, KSTP-AM​ and KUOM​. In November of 1985, he began a job as a part-time legal affairs researcher at MPR News, eventually becoming a full-time reporter covering Minneapolis City Hall.   

In 1990 he returned to Scotland and worked at BBC Radio Scotland as a freelance reporter and producer for two years and regularly fed stories back to NPR.    

In 1992, he returned to Minnesota and became news director at KFAI​ before returning to MPR News as an arts reporter and later becoming a newsroom editor. Since then, he has done a little bit of everything as a reporter, editor and occasional program host.  

Euan's work has won various national and regional awards, including multiple Eric Sevareid​ Awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association, multiple Page One Awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, and an Ethics in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.  

Euan earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Stirling Scotland.