Zak Rosen
Reporter/ProducerZak Rosen is a multimedia producer. His radio features have been heard on NPR, APM, PRI, the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Radio Helsinki. He was a staff producer on NPR/PRX's State of the Re:Union. Prior to that, he was a founding producer of WDET's Detroit Today. He has written for Yes!, The Huffington Post, Model D, and The Red Thread.
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Desiree Foster stands at her stove. She’s cooking up some hamburgers and white rice for her two daughters. I’m hovering near her refrigerator when I… -
Our series Bringing up Detroit takes you inside the lives of four Detroit families as they navigate the city's often unpredictable school systems,…
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This story is part of Michigan Radio's year-long series Bringing Up Detroit, which examines the inner-lives of four Detroit families as they navigate the… -
The Detroit neighborhood where Richard Chang lives has changed. A lot. Chang moved into the Osborn neighborhood in 1980 “because the economy in Michigan… -
Philosopher, activist, and writer Grace Lee Boggs has died at her home on the east side of Detroit. She was 100.Over the past 70-plus years, she played… -
On her first day of school, Franca Grassi woke up, ate a bowl of oatmeal with diced nectarines and maple syrup. She brushed her teeth with the help of a… -
As summer fades into fall, another season of high school football is set to begin.Jai'Shaun Isom is a Junior at Detroit Community High in Brightmoor.He's… -
Five-year-old Franca Grassi is only looking for two things in a kindergarten: She doesn't want to be forced to nap, and she wants to see her mom every… -
This fall, it’s looking like Alyssa Nuñez and and Brianna Foster-Nuñez might switch to a new school.Again.It’s a pretty common experience in Detroit,… -
Back in March, I introduced you to 57-year-old Christina Lumpkin and her family. At the time, they were navigating a crisis. Lumpkins’s daughter, Maya,…
