Megan Schellong
Megan Schellong hosted and produced Morning Edition on WKAR from 2021 to 2024. She joined WKAR and MSU ComArtSci in April 2021 and began hosting in June of that year. Megan previously worked as a digital content producer at WLNS-TV in Lansing and as a fill-in producer for KPCC in Southern California. Her work has been featured on NPR, BBC, and USATODAY College. Megan graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in journalism. She is also the creator of the podcast Adoption Rewind.
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The Lansing non-profit offers mentorship, employment opportunities and career building skills to youth and young adults who have had run-ins with law enforcement.
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Curtis Chin’s memoir "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" recounts his experience growing up Asian American in Detroit and his coming out story in a working-class immigrant community.
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East Lansing’s largest park was renamed last year to honor the Anishinaabeg. But tribal members are concerned the city is not doing enough to align the park with the community’s values of conservation.
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WKAR's Megan Schellong bakes her first mooncakes as she explores what the holiday means to others.
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Eli Newman comes to WKAR from NPR member station, WDET, where he served as a reporter for the past seven years, covering breaking news, politics and community affairs.
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WKAR has a new leader at the helm of the news team, Amy Robinson. She joins us after 7 years as news director with WCMU.
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The National Institutes of Health are awarding $26 million in grant funding to Michigan State and two other universities to study environmental influences on children’s health.
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For the past decade, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership has been hosting a business pitch competition called the Hatching. The final winner runs an arts education organization.
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The East Lansing Public Library has a new interim director.
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WKAR’s Megan Schellong stopped by the Dairy Store to get a closer look into how Michigan State University makes its iconic ice-cream.