Laura Weber Davis
Executive Producer, StatesideLaura is Executive Producer of Stateside. She came to Michigan Public from WDET in Detroit, where she was senior producer on the current events program, Detroit Today.
She began her career in public radio as an intern before taking a job as a Capitol-beat reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network.
Laura was born and raised in Ann Arbor, and has had a lifelong love affair with Detroit and Michigan more broadly. She is a graduate of Michigan State University (Go Green!) and she received a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California.
Laura is an audiophile with a public radio habit, a dusty-record music head with a crate-digger’s heart, a toddler wrangler, a beach goer, a Jane Austen lover, a horseback rider, a dog walker, and an active listener who loves to hear and tell a good story.
Whatever she is doing at this very moment, she’d rather be listening to showtunes.
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Last week, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secured his spot on the Michigan ballot. -
The Francis Scott Key Bridge's collapse in Maryland prompted concern about the safety of bridges everywhere. For many people in Michigan, the Mackinac Bridge came to mind. -
Amorphophallus titanum or corpse flower can grow more than eight feet tall. We bring you to one of their rare blooms, which only lasts for a couple of days every year or two. -
The hemlock woolly adelgid poses a threat to some 170 million hemlock trees in Michigan. Here's everything you need to know about these invasive species. -
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A Michigan birder invites us to pause, listen, and enjoy the sights and sounds of bird species in winter and spring. -
An analysis from the Detroit Free Press's editorial page editor on potential outcomes of the "Vote Uncommitted" movement. -
Confections with Convictions is a chocolate shop that does a whole lot more than sell sweets. They employ young people who have been entangled with the justice system. -
Stateside takes a trip to Northern Michigan to visit the home studio of fiber artist and instructor Nancy McRay. -
In every adventure story, the hero must answer the call to complete the journey and return home.
