Ellie Katz
Stateside Production AssistantEllie Katz joined the Stateside team as an intern in September 2022. She's a graduate of University of Michigan, as well as a long-time Michigan Radio fangirl. She got her start in audio her final semester of college, and later interned for Heritage Radio Network and Witness Docs. When she's not at Stateside, you can find her writing podcast scripts for FRQNCY Media.
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A fish hatchery in Northern Michigan is the latest in the state's effort to power its fish-raising operations with solar energy. -
Besides lakes and summer tourism, northwest Michigan's towns have become known for something else: a lack of affordable housing. Stateside spoke with two members of the Sleeping Bear Gateways Council about a potential solution — turning a vacant school into residences for workers. -
Rufus Snoddy's "construction paintings" almost always stretch beyond the confines of a canvas. Stateside visited Snoddy at his studio in Traverse City to get a glimpse into his mind-bending art and the concepts that inspire him. -
Former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson pleaded guilty to accepting bribes. We unpack details of the case and what it means for Michigan's marijuana industry. -
Matthew Osmon blends a range of techniques to create visually striking, evocative art. Based out of, Flint, his hometown, Osmon’s works balance themes of the self with the surreal. -
Detroit poet Nandi Comer will serve as poet laureate for the next two years. She sat down with Stateside to talk about her new role and Michigan's culture of poetry. -
Working out of his Grand Rapids studio, the sculptor Jason Quigno is helping transform the landscape of public art in West Michigan–and making visible the lives of the state's Indigenous people. -
Chances are you've seen a Poweshiek skipperling butterfly and not even known it. But the moth-like insects are rapidly disappearing from their native Midwestern prairies. -
Today, we revisited an education program at the Lakeland Correctional Facility that trains people living on the inside in high-end culinary techniques. The program and its students are the subject of a new documentary film. -
Across the country, suicide rates are nearly twice as high in rural communities as they are in urban ones. Part of Michigan's new proposed gun laws aim to reduce that. We spoke to a suicide prevention activist in the Upper Peninsula.
