#70: KSTP News Director Kirk Varner on Covering George Floyd’s Murder and a Summer of Protest

On Assignment - From the duPont-Columbia Awards
14/05/2021 34 min
#70: KSTP News Director Kirk Varner on Covering George Floyd’s Murder and a Summer of Protest

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KSTP News Director, Kirk Varner discusses the difficulty of reporting on the murder of George Floyd and the protests that rocked Minneapolis throughout the summer of 2020. In this conversation with duPont Awards Director Lisa R. Cohen, Varner tells behind-the-scenes stories about split second newsroom decisions, like when a truck drove through protestors on live air.

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