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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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. -
In a remote corner of the Thumb region lies the largest collection of petroglyphs in Michigan. The stone carvings were created hundreds of years ago by the Indigenous people of this land. Today, tribal and state partners are working together to preserve the site for generations to come. -
Tomorrow, there will be a Miller hearing at the Oakland County Circuit Court to determine whether or not the Oxford school shooter will be sentenced to life without parole. Beenish Ahmed covered the factors that will be considered in the hearing. -
West Michigan-based artist Norwood Viviano uses glass to create intricate sculptures that tell the stories of our changing cities. -
An ER nurse in Traverse City talks about the unprecedented stress nurses and other hospital staff are facing right now. Plus, a nursing researcher weighs in on the solutions to healthcare staffing shortages. -
Stateside spoke with Nikia Parker, an ER nurse and paramedic in the Traverse City area, about the conditions of being an ER nurse today, how those conditions have caused so many nurses to leave the field, and what this all means for patient care. -
Michigan hospitals are struggling to maintain safe staffing levels. The state currently has a nursing shortage and many nurses say they plan to leave the profession.
