April Van Buren
Stateside ProducerApril Van Buren is a producer for Stateside. She produces interviews for air as well as web and social media content for the show.
Before landing at Michigan Public, April worked as a producer for Current State at WKAR and a reporting intern and producer at WBEZ in Chicago.
April graduated from Harvard University in 2012 with a degree in American History and Literature (aka the most liberal artsy of liberal arts degrees). She is a die-hard 30 Rock fan and once saw Tina Fey do the chicken dance at a party.
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Looking for some book recs to keep you entertained during this winter? Or maybe you're searching for a perfect last minute holiday gift? Either way, we have you covered. -
In Detroit's 1970s street racing scene, there was a car that dominated: The Black Ghost. It was a Dodge HEMI Challenger that would compete occasionally then disappear. -
Ten years ago this week, the city of Detroit filed for municipal bankruptcy. We talk to longtime Detroit journalist Stephen Henderson about what that meant for Detroit, and the ripple effects the city is still feeling today. -
A long-awaited report from an independent investigation into the Oxford High School shooting nearly two years ago found that the school district staff failed to enact measures that could have prevented the deadly massacre. -
Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch and Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan amassed billions of dollars slinging dough. We tell you how they spent it. Plus we take you down memory lane, and revisit the so called "pizza wars" of the 1980s. -
Author Angeline Boulley, author of the bestselling YA thriller Firekeeper's Daughter, is back with a new novel. Warrior Girl Unearthed features a young Ojibwe teen in the U.P. caught up in a complex web of murder and theft, politics, and culture. -
Tracy Bennett's full time job is puzzles — including Wordle — and she got there through years of solving, a puzzle mentor, and even timed solving competitions. -
The family of Hana St. Juliana, one of the students killed in the Oxford High School shooting, recently broke ground on a memorial garden for the four young victims. They held an event on Sunday in honor of the groundbreaking and to raise funds for the construction and upkeep of the garden. -
The family of Hana St. Juliana, one of the students killed in the Oxford High School shooting, broke ground Sunday on a memorial garden honoring the four young victims. -
In Grand Rapids, the city’s wastewater treatment plant takes the organic matter that comes through its sewage system and turns it into something useful: energy. Essentially, they're turning poop into power.
