Dustin Dwyer reports enterprise and long-form stories from Michigan Radio’s West Michigan bureau. He was a fellow in the class of 2018 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. He’s been with Michigan Radio since 2004, when he started as an intern in the newsroom. He left the station in 2010-2011 to be a stay at home dad, and returned to be part of the Changing Gears project, a collaboration between Michigan Radio, Ideastream in Cleveland and WBEZ in Chicago. From 2012 – 2017, he was part of the team for State of Opportunity, and produced several radio documentaries on kids and families in Michigan. He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife and three kids.
Contributions from Dustin Dwyer
- Governor Whitmer requests direct purchase of up to 100,000 Pfizer vaccine doses for state
Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants Michigan to buy up to 100,000 of doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on its own. The federal government already arranged to buy 200 million doses of the vaccine from … - Frustration, confusion, and crashing systems as vaccine eligibility expands
“Extreme call volumes.” Crashing servers. Cancellations. And one county says it’s been completely wiped out of vaccine supply by Monday afternoon. The airplane is being built as we fly it here, folks. … - Research suggests health care industry could have financial troubles well after pandemic
The health care system in Michigan could see continued financial fallout from the pandemic for a long time to come. That’s one takeaway from a new analysis by researchers at Grand Valley State Univers … - Six from Michigan arrested by D.C. police following insurrection attempt
Police in Washington, D.C. arrested six people from Michigan following the insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol building. Most of the arrests so far are for curfew violations. But one Michigan man … - Kalamazoo commissions independent report on response to protests
An outside group wants to hear inside stories from people in Kalamazoo who have experiences with the protests in the city. Kalamazoo was one of many cities with protests after police officers in Minne …