Ed Ronco
News DirectorEd Ronco joined IPR as its news director in the summer of 2022, after eight years with KNKX Public Radio in Seattle/Tacoma, where he was the local host of All Things Considered.
He’s an experienced reporter, interviewer and broadcaster, whose career has also included work in rural Alaska and northern Indiana.
Originally from Michigan, Ed is delighted to be back in his home state — and at Interlochen, no less, which he only ever dreamed of attending as a band and theater kid growing up in Wyandotte.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University.
Send news tips, feedback, or clever haiku to Ed at ed.ronco@interlochen.org.
Twitter: @edronco
-
A family in Leelanau County can claim property tax exemptions in both Utah and Michigan, according to a recent ruling from the Michigan Supreme Court. -
A draft environmental impact statement was expected this year, but the Army Corps of Engineers says it will now come out in 2025.
-
Under a proposed land acquisition, Traverse City would buy 300 acres of the former GO-REC outdoor education center, and another 228 acres from an estate. A public hearing is set for March 20.
-
The national journalism nonprofit organization Grist recently approached IPR and asked if we could host a new reporting position.
-
The IPR newsroom is adding a new reporter, thanks to the nonprofit independent media organization Grist.
-
The decision to hear the cases in a single trial brought objections from defense attorneys, says Mardi Link, enterprise reporter for the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
-
Republican state Rep. John Roth and Democratic state Rep. Betsy Coffia might have different approaches to legislating. But in separate interviews with IPR, they also said there's some common ground when it comes to securing funding for northern Michigan.
-
The U.S. government closed the airspace over northern Lake Michigan for a brief time Sunday, shortly before a military fighter jet shot down an object over Lake Huron.
-
The Traverse City Curling Club has five sheets of ice for curlers to throw stones. They hope to grow the sport, and a sense of community.
-
The National Park Service released a plan to manage the remote island’s cultural resources — located in the few areas of the more than 130,000-acre park that are not designated as wilderness.
