Mark Brush

Reporter/Producer

I'm a Senior Producer at Michigan Radio where I'm working to develop the station's online news content.

From 1998 to 2006 I worked in various roles (production assistant, technical director, and senior producer) with the regional environmental news service known as the Great Lakes Radio Consortium (GLRC). From 2006 to 2010, as the unit's senior producer, I helped transition the GLRC into an award-winning national news service known as The Environment Report.

I'm a graduate of the University of Michigan ('00 MS in Environmental Policy and Planning & '91 BA in Political Science) and have been a board certified public radio junkie since 1992. I discovered public radio on my long commutes to work (shout out to Joan Silvi, former morning edition host at WEMU-FM who accompanied me on my drives!).

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Politics & Government
10:08 pm
Wed May 8, 2013

Gov. Snyder signs controversial 'wolf hunt' bill

Credit Nancy Warren
A gray wolf in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed SB 288 and 289 this afternoon. The bills pave the way for a limited wolf hunt to take place in the Upper Peninsula this fall. It also goes around a referendum aimed at stopping a wolf hunt.

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Environment & Science
12:46 pm
Wed May 8, 2013

Spread of invasive 'stink bug' has some farmers worried

Credit Rutgers University
The brown marmorated stink bug is identified by its antennae and legs.

The bug looks like this:


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Education
9:11 am
Wed May 8, 2013

The top 10 high schools in Michigan (according to two magazines)

Empty classroom at Detroit Redeemer High School
Credit User Motown31 / Creative Commons
U.S. News released its rankings for top Michigan High Schools

Seven Michigan high schools received "gold medals" from the U.S. News Best High Schools 2013 rankings. 68 high schools received "silver medals," and 131 received "bronze medals."

Here's their top ten:

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Offbeat
4:21 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

The most popular YouTube videos in 4 Michigan cities

Credit YouTube
YouTube's Trends Map

The new "YouTube Trends Map" shows you the most the popular videos by city. It can also be broken down by sex and age group.

What's trending in Michigan right now?

Well, apparently you like your country music in the northern part of the state:

Your dating advice in West Michigan:

Your vampires in southern Michigan:

And in the UP, you are in a time lapse kind of mood:

That's what is trending now. But I venture to guess that it won't be long before this interview with Charles Ramsey becomes the most popular in your area:

H/T to Heather Bryant

Politics & Government
12:47 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

Have Jase Bolger and L. Brooks Patterson kissed and made up?

Credit WKAR's Off the Record / YouTube
L. Brooks Patterson using his comb to imitate an infamous mustache.

Not exactly.

Right after Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, R, made the "Adolf" comment about Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger, he was challenged.

"Isn't that a little over the top?" asked "Off the Record" host Tim Skubick.

"Yeah, I want it to be!" replied L. Brooks Patterson.

Patterson was upset about how Bolger has handled the discussion around proposed changes Michigan's no-fault auto insurance law.

You can watch the exchange here:

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