Ed Ronco
News DirectorEd Ronco joined IPR as its news director in 2022, after more than eight years with KNKX Public Radio in Seattle/Tacoma, where he was the local host of All Things Considered.
His first radio job was at KCAW Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska, where he covered everything from city government to whale necropsies. Before that, he covered business and politics at the South Bend Tribune in Indiana.
Ed grew up in Wyandotte, Mich., and 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.
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Every four years, everyone goes crazy over curling. It shows up in the Olympic Games, which seems to give it a boost in popularity (at least in the countries where it's not already popular). And, since the games get underway tonight, we sent Austin Rowlader out on the sheet at the Traverse City Curling Club, to see what all the hype is about. -
Data centers, and how to regulate them. Plus, Michigan moves toward lifting the ban on deer baiting in the lower peninsula. -
Each year, volunteers fan out in northern Michigan — and around the country — to try and take a data snapshot: How many people are living without shelter? The point-in-time, or PIT, count provides data that informs federal funding. But where the government sends that money might soon change. -
America's groundhogs (and other creatures) have weighed in. But how accurate are they? And what do, you know, the actual meteorologists at the National Weather Service say about our long-term forecast? -
We talk with Suzanne Mettler, political scientist and author of "Rural Versus Urban." -
Vivian La covers climate solutions for IPR and Grist, and she recently sat down with Cherryland Electric Cooperative CEO Rachel Johnson. They talked about large-scale renewable energy projects and the future of data centers in Michigan, among other things. -
A task force looking at homelessness issues in Traverse City is considering the possibility of combining the area's two big overnight shelters. What would that actually look like? -
People leaving prison or jail face steep hurdles rebuilding their lives — from finding housing and work to overcoming stigma. In this episode, we hear from someone trying to start over and the people working to help. -
There have been reported sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout northern Michigan. This place, like many in the country, is watching Minneapolis and wondering whether similar scenes could play out here. -
There are a few places in northern Michigan where you can spot Confederate flags flying in windows, or posted up on fences. Ahead of her Traverse City visit on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we ask the Detroit Poet Laureate jessica Care moore what she makes of that.
