Dustin Dwyer
Reporter/ProducerDustin Dwyer is a reporter on the State of Opportunity project, based in Grand Rapids. Previously, he worked as an online journalist for Changing Gears, as a freelance reporter and as Michigan Radio's West Michigan Reporter. Before he joined Michigan Radio, Dustin interned at NPR's Talk of the Nation, wrote freelance stories for The Jackson Citizen-Patriot and completed a Reporting & Writing Fellowship at the Poynter Institute.
In 2010, Dustin left journalism to be a stay-at-home dad. Now that his daughter Irene is turning two, he's happy to be back at Michigan Radio, where there are far fewer temper-tantrums.
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Don Norman settles into his chair, and pulls his blanket up to his chest. On the TV, Dick Van Dyke is about to solve a murder.The room is warm, shades… -
Thousands of young immigrants in Michigan today are living in a state of limbo. During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to end the Obama… -
For the past several days, there have been many, many stories about President Trump’s actions on refugee policy, and his administration’s travel ban for… -
Our State of Opportunity team has been looking all year at the connection between neighborhoods and opportunity for children and families. We've been… -
There have been lots and lots of studies on whether additional funding for schools really leads to better outcomes for kids. And, for a long time, some of… -
Finding a home in Grand Rapids is becoming more difficult, especially for renters with low incomes. According to Zillow.com, the average cost of a rental… -
How do you make sure schools in communities without a lot of resources are successful?That's not an easy question to answer, but we're always looking for… -
I met Jamie Rykse a couple months ago, to talk about juvenile justice reform in Michigan. When she was 17, she was convicted of home invasion and sent to… -
Erik Lauchié always had a bit of an entrepreneurial spirit in him. He says he got it from his dad. And it started young. He started his own group in… -
There are more than 90,000 kids in Michigan schools whose primary language is not English.The number of these English language learners has grown 45 % in…
