Morgan Springer
Contributing editorMorgan Springer is a contributing editor and producer at Interlochen Public Radio. She previously worked for the New England News Collaborative as the host/producer of NEXT, the weekly show which aired on six public radio station in the region.
Before her stint in the Northeast, Morgan worked full-time at IPR – first as an intern, then as a reporter and finally as the news director. Her series "Irredeemable," about Michigan juvenile lifers and the state's re-sentencing process, received a 2017 first place national PMJA award and a regional Edward R. Murrow award. Her stories "Irredeemable, episode 3: Tortured choice,""Grandmother's letter from the Holocaust" and "Behind bars, transformation through poetry"have also recieved national awards. Her work has been featured on NPR, public radio stations in the Midwest and New England, WHYY's "The Pulse" and National Native News.
Morgan has an undergraduate degree in International Studies from Earlham College. After graduating, she did a stint as the constituent services coordinator for the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office before leaving to work at a garden center. In 2014, she went to the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies to study radio and documentary film, bringing her briefly back to her home state of Maine.
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This month, gray wolves went back on the endangered species list. But it wasn’t because the population suddenly plummeted. It had more to do with an ongoing fight between stakeholders who have strong, opposing feelings about protecting wolves. -
This month, gray wolves went back on the endangered species list. But it wasn’t because the population suddenly plummeted. It had more to do with an ongoing fight between stakeholders who have strong, opposing feelings about protecting wolves.
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A hotel owner in Mackinaw City is being accused of unlawful business practices.In a letter to the owners Tuesday, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office announced it’s investigating hotels owned by the Lieghio family. -
In [Un]Natural Selection, a new season of Points North, we’ll examine our role as part of the ecosystem and explore the ethical line between mending our natural world and meddling with it. Starts Feb.11. -
In [Un]Natural Selection, a new season of Points North, we’ll examine our role as part of the ecosystem and explore the ethical line between mending our natural world and meddling with it. Starts Feb. 11.
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Cherry farmers in northern Michigan have wrestled with erratic weather that damages crops for decades. This year, growers are projected to lose roughly two thirds of their harvest – a bad haul for the second year in a row. Could climate change mean the end of cherry farming Up North? -
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Cherry farmers in northern Michigan have wrestled with erratic weather that damages crops for decades. This year, growers are projected to lose roughly two thirds of their harvest – a bad haul for the second year in a row. Could climate change mean the end of cherry farming Up North?
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This week on Points North, as suicide rates rise in the United States, local crisis hotlines are shutting down and national ones are taking over. Plus,…
