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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The Salvation Army is a crucial resource for many people all year round. It provides housing assistance, food assistance, utility assistance and all kinds… -
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Donald Trump made a lot of campaign promises on his long path toward the presidency. But one of his signature issues from the very beginning was… -
It doesn't take long for a line to form to try at the new virtual reality headset. Right as the event gets started inside the basketball gym at the MLK… -
For the past few years, a campaign has been building to change how Michigan handles 17-year-olds who commit crimes.As it stands now, those 17-year-olds… -
For this story, I have two hats. One is my reporter hat. The other is my dad hat.I like the daddy hat. But I do still have this reporter hat over here.… -
If you are in an abusive situation and you need emergency shelter or transitional housing, you can search for resources in your community at… -
On a brightly-lit stage inside a massive convention hall in downtown Houston, Texas, Ainslya Charlton made her introduction."You can call me Ace," she… -
The following is a transcript of the State of Opportunity documentary Out From the Shadows: Living Undocumented, which you can hear at 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.… -
Right now, somewhere around 11 million people are living "illegal" lives in the United States. That's close to one out of every 30 people in this country,…
