Rick Brewer
News DirectorRick Brewer has been news director at WCMU since February 2024.
Before leading the newsroom, Brewer was WCMU's general assignment reporter covering central and northern Michigan.
Before landing in Mount Pleasant, he was a producer for Iowa Public Radio’s two daily talk shows, Talk of Iowa and River to River, where he produced hundreds of interviews with guests ranging from hog farmers to presidential candidates for the 2020 Iowa caucuses.
His work has been featured on NPR, Harvest Public Media, Here & Now, WFIU, WFYI and Northeast Public Radio.
Brewer fell in love with radio and podcasts in graduate school at Indiana University in Bloomington after attending Denison University.
Send your story ideas to rick.brewer@cmich.edu
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The 75th running of the marathon will include 111 teams and has the highest number of women to ever compete in the race. -
Several departments across campus in Mount Pleasant are now eligible to receive funding from NASA and access new technical resources. -
This post was updated 7/26/23 at 2:35pm The southern half of the Lower Peninsula is under severe thunderstorm watches Wednesday, July 26, 2023. -
Ret. Army Cpl. Carl Zupic was presented with three service medals and a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition on Monday for his service during the occupation of Japan in 1946. -
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show a shapefile map detailing which specific public land parcels could be permitted to the National Guard to expand its training footprint has yet to be drawn. -
The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for multiple central lower Michigan counties Thursday afternoon. -
A new Senate bill would make base salary requirements permanent for wildland firefighters. -
“Children should be in school, not working dangerous factory jobs,” said U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, following the announcement of the new task force. “Congress must do more to strengthen our efforts to combat child labor." -
The six-month freeze is the latest in a series of actions by local governments across the northwest region grappling with an affordable housing crisis. -
The funds will go toward providing the non-profit Housing North with administrative staff to help local governments navigate zoning reforms, among other solutions, to create more affordable housing in the region.
