Tracy Samilton
Energy and Transportation Reporter / ProducerTracy Samilton covers energy and transportation, including the auto industry and the business response to climate change for Michigan Public. She began her career at Michigan Public as an intern, where she was promptly “bitten by the radio bug,” and never recovered.
She took over the auto beat in January, 2009, just a few months before Chrysler and General Motors filed for bankruptcy.
Tracy’s reports can frequently be heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as on Michigan Public.
Her coverage of Michigan’s Detroit Three automakers has taken her as far as Germany, and China. Tracy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Literature.
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Detroit's population grew by 5,060 last year, according to the latest estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau. It's the third year in a row the population has inched up. -
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says a black bear that was sighted near Flat Rock in southeast Michigan is likely "cruising" to find new habitat — preferably near other bears. -
Advocates for the homeless say many shelters in the state are assisting more people in the worsening economy — and they're having a harder time getting them into permanent housing. -
The Room at the Inn — a homeless shelter in Michigan's Upper Peninsula — had to exceed its capacity this winter, and the cold weather was only one of the reasons. -
Local governments in West Michigan are asking the EPA for a public hearing on Consumers Energy's plan to inject wastewater from its last coal-burning plant deep underground. -
A six-bill package has been introduced in the state Senate which aims to overhaul Michigan's manufactured housing laws for the first time in nearly 40 years. -
The Professional Women's Hockey League is designating Detroit as the first of what could become four expansion markets for next season. -
A bill introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) to prevent contaminated infant formula from being shipped to stores has passed the Senate. -
Hepatitis C is now a curable disease. It's still a big problem in the U.S., although Michigan reports dramatic progress. -
State-appointed emergency managers led the city of Detroit through its bankruptcy — and made decisions that led to the Flint Water Crisis.
