Emma George-Griffin
Rural Life & Agriculture ReporterEmma George-Griffin is a rural life and agriculture reporter for WCMU and Harvest Public Media based in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
George-Griffin has covered breaking news for the Detroit Free Press, produced news for Lansing and Detroit’s public radio stations, and has worked with the non-profit watchdog group Eye On Michigan to facilitate large-scale investigations and train future journalists.
George-Griffin is a graduate of Michigan State University where she studied journalism and documentary filmmaking. When she isn’t writing or reporting, George-Griffin enjoys exploring Michigan’s different communities and trying new cuisine.
Send her your story ideas: georg2e@cmich.edu
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The Michigan Democratic Party's Rural Caucus is launching a scholarship program to help students in rural areas attend college and trade school. -
A recent report shows bird populations are continuing to decline, and one third of birds need immediate conservation action. -
A recent economic impact report shows businesses in northwest Michigan are experiencing a workforce shortage even with recent growth. -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a digital system to hold veterans health care records, and it's starting in Michigan. -
Ice storms in 2025 devastated areas across northern Michigan, leaving entire grids down for weeks. President Trump recently reversed FEMA's decision to deny member-owned utilities disaster relief. -
WCMU's Emma George-Griffin speaks with Tina Sawyer about her day on the ground in Roscommon County, one of the most impacted areas of the devastating ice storm that crushed the region this week. -
An ice storm followed by blizzard conditions coated trees and powerlines with ice leaving more than 100,000 northern Michigan residents without power. -
A key waterway in the Middle East known the Straits of Hormuz is blocked off because of the war, which is preventing large amounts of oil, natural gas and nitrogen-based fertilizer to get through. -
Blizzard conditions and heavy ice accumulation have downed trees and powerlines in some northern lower Michigan counties. -
The 85th instance of Bovine TB in Michigan since 1998 was traced back to a farm in Charlevoix. That farm is under rigorous testing and a quarantine that could last for months.
