Dustin Dwyer
Reporter / ProducerDustin Dwyer reports enterprise and long-form stories from Michigan Public's West Michigan bureau. He was a fellow in the class of 2018 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. He’s been with Michigan Public since 2004, when he started as an intern in the newsroom.
He left the station in 2010-2011 to be a stay at home dad, and returned to be part of the Changing Gears project, a collaboration between Michigan Radio, Ideastream in Cleveland and WBEZ in Chicago. From 2012–2017, he was part of the team for State of Opportunity, and produced several radio documentaries on kids and families in Michigan. He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife and three kids.
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UAW President Shawn Fain announced an expansion of the union's targeted strike against the Detroit automakers as negotiations continue. The new locations include 38 parts distribution centers in 20 states, but none of them are Ford facilities. -
UAW president Shawn Fain gave a detailed update on the status of negotiations with the Detroit Three Thursday evening, saying, "we are very far apart." -
The Michigan Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case, which could set a precedent for future deadly force incidents. -
Wyoming mayor Kent Vanderwood is among 16 charged over a bid to count the state's electoral college votes for Donald Trump in 2020 after Trump lost. -
After 17 years of fighting the development, David Swan of the Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance said he believes regulators could soon issue crucial decisions. -
For Jewelynne Richardson, organizing a Juneteenth event used to be a small project, with maybe only 10 people showing up. On Monday, she led a parade and a day-long celebration with hundreds. -
Governor Whitmer met with a group of young professionals at The Factory, a coworking space in Grand Rapids, on Monday. -
In Fremont, Michigan, Great Lakes Bee Company distributes tens of thousands of bees among Michigan's beekeepers every May. -
We visit an event where beekeepers pick up millions of honey bees in a single day, and talk to an ecologist about what we can learn from bees simply by looking. -
The gun wasn't loaded. But a week after the incident, another child brought a loaded gun to a different Grand Rapids school.
