Elinor Epperson
Stateside Production AssistantElinor Epperson is an environment intern through the Great Lakes News Collaborative. She is wrapping up her master's degree in journalism at Michigan State University. She hopes to do investigative and longform journalism once she gets her sea legs.
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Three Traverse City chefs pool together their sharp culinary chops to recreate Sichuanese dishes that honor the flavor profiles of Southwestern China. -
Whitefish populations in the lower Great Lakes have been declining for decades. Bridge Michigan environment reporter Kelly House joined Stateside to discuss what’s threatening the iconic fish, and what could be done to save them. -
M.L. Elrick has spent decades covering local governments in southeast Michigan in the muckraking tradition. He joined Stateside to discuss recent investigations and why local investigations are so important. -
Michael Zervos of Northville, Michigan visited 195 United Nations-recognized countries in just 499 days. He calls it “Project Kosmos.” And in each country, he asked locals: "What is the happiest moment of your life?" -
Kegan Gill narrowly escaped from a fighter jet traveling 695 miles per hour, approaching the speed of sound. He spoke with Stateside about his recovery and the lasting mental and physical effects. -
The University of Michigan and Michigan State University are raising tuition, partly in response to uncertain funding from the state and federal governments. -
The U.S. State Department is no longer allowing passport applicants to choose their sex marker. Instead, the department will determine your sex for you — but it's unclear how. -
There’s tons of documentation on the plume’s legal, technical and local history, but finding answers to big-picture questions can be difficult. Here's what I've learned after 18 months of research. -
Locals have been pushing for more aggressive solutions to the Gelman plume, but the company isn't required to fully clean it up. EPA intervention could change that — if it survives Trump 2.0. -
Rita Loch-Caruso and the Yale Superfund Research Center want to use Ann Arbor’s case study to learn more about what they call “another forever chemical.” There’s a lot to learn and a surprising amount that isn’t known.
