Jennifer Guerra
Senior ProducerJennifer is a reporter for Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity project, which looks at kids from low-income families and what it takes to get them ahead. She previously covered arts and culture for the station, and was one of the lead reporters on the award-winning education series Rebuilding Detroit Schools. Prior to working at Michigan Radio, Jennifer lived in New York where she was a producer at WFUV, an NPR station in the Bronx.
Her stories and documentaries have won numerous regional and national awards, and her work has aired on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and Studio 360.
Jennifer graduated from the University of Michigan and received her M.A. in broadcast journalism from Fordham University. When she's not on the radio, she and her husband are making up lyrics to songs and singing them to their adorable baby girl.
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The U.S. Postal Service is paying homage to the world of poetry with ten new commemorative stamps.Two Michigan poets will be featured on the new Forever… -
Looking for a clean, well-lighted place to lay your head?A company has plans to develop a slew of Ernest Hemingway-inspired hotels and resorts. The folks… -
What was once a private collection of racist memorabilia has now been expanded to a full-blown museum on the campus of Ferris State University.When… -
Focus Hope, a well-known social services organization in Detroit, has spent decades providing food, career training and other services to people… -
A public school district in Oakland County imposed a ten percent pay cut on its teachers retroactive to the start of the school year.Now it is likely the… -
Michigan school districts are struggling with growing budget deficits. Even relatively wealthy districts are facing unprecedented cuts.The Ann Arbor… -
The issue of whether or not certain University of Michigan graduate students can unionize is back in the news.Two graduate students at the University of… -
Beginning this summer, the University of Michigan will offer a number of online classes that anyone from anywhere in the world can take…for free.A… -
The Ann Arbor Film Festival wrapped up less than a month ago…they’ve barely packed up their film reels. And already the Michigan Theater is prepping for… -
What do experimental composer John Cage and Ann Arbor have in common, you ask? Morels. Story goes that John Cage was something of an amateur mushroom…
