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09/18/2024

Federal judge rules Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on MI ballot as the nominee of the Natural Law Party of MI. Court rejected RFK's demand to be removed because tt would leave party w/out a POTUS candidate after he sought and accepted the nomination. Judge said RFK doesn't get "a second bite at the apple" after losing in the MI Supreme Court. RFK is trying to w/draw his name in battleground states after suspending his campaign and endorsing former POTUS and GOP nominee Donald Trump.

09/11/2024

MI clerks continue to prepare absentee ballots for mailing to overseas and military voters as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr files a last-ditch federal lawsuit to remove his name as the Natural Law Party of Michigan's presidential candidate.

08/10/2024

New NYT Politics/Sienna College poll has Kamala Harris up 50%-46% over Donald J. Trump in MI, PA & WI. Trump has never gotten above 47.8 % in MI (2020), so this would appear to be good news for Dem ticket. But the Times poll across the battleground states did not include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is on the MI ballot as the Natural Law Party nominee. That's a wild card that could make a big difference in a close MI race.

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09/17/2019

Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington

02/20/2019

People moves in Public Radio...

WKAR Radio Station Manager Peter Whorf has accepted a position as On-Air Classical Music Host at DPTV/WRCJ-FM in Detroit. In his six years at the public

02/11/2019

Congrats to Susi Elkins!

Susi Elkins , director of Broadcasting and general manager of WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University, has been elected to the board of directors of

12/21/2018

Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer has announced some key members of her Cabinet along with top aides in the executive office.

12/17/2018

"When I was in charge of content at Michigan Radio, we thought about our role as helping people “understand their state.” It was a literal statement about helping people understand what was happening in the state of Michigan, and a metaphorical statement about helping them understand their personal state as a citizen of the world. We chose what to cover, what to air, and what community conversations to participate in based on whether it would in fact help people understand their state."

"We talk constantly about pageviews and engagement rates, circulation stats and Nielsen ratings, subscriptions and donation rates, but all that happens when we successfully offer something to human beings that is of value to them."

12/17/2018

Censky attended George Washington University and has a Bachelor's Degree from Colorado College.

WKAR Public Media (East Lansing) has announced that it is expanding its political and government reporting in mid-Michigan with the addition of Abigail Censky. Censky joins the station from St. Lou…

12/04/2018

The network's Board of Directors is conducting a national search for the next President and CEO.

NPR Pres./CEO JARL MOHN will step down from his present position when his contract expires on JUNE 30, 2019 and will become President Emeritus, NPR FOUNDATION board member, and co-chair of NPR's 50th anniversary capital campaign.  MOHN, the former MTV/VH1 and E! executive, radio personality, and LI...

08/02/2018

The incident was captured live on the air.

07/16/2018

Great read: “I was a student debt collector and had a quota of about 60 calls a day to make. This trained me to appreciate and respect deadlines and taught me that calling is always the best way to reach someone who doesn't want to talk to you. Getting hung up on is a fact of life for both professions. I learned not to take it personally. Getting called a b**** is also a fact of life, and the key is to understand it from their perspective. Or just ignore them. You have to.” — Marlee Baldridge https://buff.ly/2mhplXY

We asked journalists what they learned from their non-journalism jobs that applies to their current work.

07/12/2018

"Research from 2011 said between 80 percent and 100 percent of journalists have been exposed to some kind of work-related traumatic event."

A note from Kristen: Almost two weeks ago, the city of Annapolis lost five people in an attack on the Capital Gazette.

06/19/2018

Dr. Jerry Henderson, 79, of Bay City, Michigan, our devoted, passionate, and talented husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on the afternoon of Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Brian’s House Hospice. Born in Malone, New York on November 19, 1938, Jerry was the son of the late...

04/17/2018

Sad news to share:

03/29/2018

Here's a nice morning read:

NPR and its Member stations have upheld their highest broadcast ratings of all time, and continue to see tremendous growth across digital platforms.