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For balanced reporting on political happenings, Marylanders have
turned to MPT's State Circle for more than 20 years. No other source brings
you as much legislative news during the General Assembly session - and now it
continues year-round. Host Jeff Salkin, and reporters Lou Davis, Mindy Mintz,
and Charles Robinson bring you up-to-the-minute, in-depth analysis of major issues
and pending bills. Interviews with experts shed light on various viewpoints and
actions.
Jeff Salkin
News Anchor, Maryland Public Television
Jeff Salkin is a Maryland native with over thirty years' experience as a broadcast journalist at television and radio stations in the Baltimore and Washington markets.
He joined Maryland Public Television (MPT) in 1991 and has become one of the most respected and recognizable journalists on the local public affairs scene. During his tenure with MPT he has served as moderator for political debates, hosted live coverage of the annual 'State of the State' address, inaugurals, and numerous broadcast town hall meetings, and has anchored MPT's weekly State Circle broadcast during the Maryland General Assembly session each year.
As MPT's executive producer of Bloomberg Morning News, a weekday financial news report that aired in the 1990s, Mr. Salkin helped create and launch the program. It was a co-production of MPT and Bloomberg L.P. and was syndicated nationally to PBS stations.
In 2001, he began serving as anchor for Maryland Public Television's weeknight program, Direct Connection with Jeff Salkin, a community affairs interview show that made its debut on October 1 of that year.
He is an alumnus of Baltimore's Gilman School and earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Salkin resides in Howard County with his wife and three daughters.
Lou Davis
Correspondent, State Circle
Since 1983, Lou Davis has covered state government news for WMAR-TV's 2News, reporting on Maryland's
legislative and executive branches.
Prior to his work at WMAR-TV, Davis was a NBC news correspondent, joining the network in 1970.
Dispatched to Vietnam for a year, he followed the first American troops that entered Cambodia in 1971
and was the lead correspondent during Vietnamization, the gradual withdrawal of US troops from the war.
In 1973, Davis covered the Yom Kippur War for NBC. He was with Israeli troops as they fought in
the Sinai Desert in one of the largest armored battles in history, and he covered the Israeli Defense
Forces' capture of the Golan Heights.
Davis' 40-plus years of broadcast experience includes stops in Philadelphia,
New York City, Cleveland and Atlanta before coming to 2News in Baltimore. He has won three Emmys
and numerous other professional awards.
Charles Robinson
Correspondent, State Circle
Charles F. Robinson, III, is an award winning journalist who works in television,
radio, and print. Born in Richmond, VA, Robinson grew up in Baltimore, MD, and began
his journalism career by delivering the Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper while still in
junior high school.
Since 2001 he has served Maryland Public Television as a political reporter for State Circle.
Currently he is the associate producer on the MPT's Hard Working Families series, which recently
won a CINE Golden Eagle award.
During Robinson's career, he has worked in television as a reporter (WWBT-TV, Richmond, VA;
WPEC-TV; West Palm Beach, FL; WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH) and national correspondent (BET); radio
as news director (WEAA-FM, Baltimore, MD), political analyst (WEAA-FM, Baltimore, MD), and
executive producer (TPT Radio Network, Washington, DC); and print as editor-in-chief (Sphinx Magazine).
During his career, he has covered the impact of the Rodney King verdict; the story behind the monument
to the Amistad revolt; the history of the Buffalo Soldiers, and the Million Man March. His coverage of
Nelson Mandela's first trip to the United States won him an award from the National Association of Black
Journalist (1991).
Robinson attended Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, where began his career in broadcasting
at the campus radio station WJRB (now WVCW). WVCW was named by Billboard Magazine in 1979 as one of the
most innovative college campus radio stations in the nation.
Mindy Mintz
Correspondent, State Circle
Mindy Mintz is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience in
broadcasting.
After six years of award-winning television reporting in the midwest, Mindy moved
to the Baltimore area to report and anchor for WBAL-TV. After earning her law degree
from the University of Maryland in 1989, Mintz practiced trial law and worked in a
range of public policy fields. Mintz returned to her journalistic pursuits in the
mid-1990's, reporting for Maryland Public Television.
Mintz has received several top honors from the Associated Press and United Press
International for her television reporting, investigative and documentary work.
She was selected as the top reporter in the McGraw-Hill television stations and
earned the National Education Association's Learning Through Broadcasting Award.
Most recently, Mintz was nominated for an Emmy Award by the Capital Region for her
reporting on lead paint issues.
Mintz lives in Baltimore with her husband and two daughters and is active in public
service having served on the boards of Public Justice Center, Baltimore Homeless
Relief Advisory Board and East Baltimore Resources, Inc.
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