Alex FriedrichBecause I receive press releases like this one:
NEWS DIRECTORS, EDITORS:
Eight Barbie dolls will bungee-jump for better education at 1 p.m. today in the food court of Centennial Student Union, Minnesota State Mankato.
A reason I love covering Minnesota higher ed
About the blogger
Alex Friedrich
afriedrich@mpr.orgAlex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.