Gretchen Millich talks about her career in radio journalism, especially at Michigan State University's public radio station WKAR, her childhood, and education

Description:

Gretchen Millich talks about her twenty-three-year career at Michigan State University's public radio station WKAR, her childhood and education in Detroit, attending the University of Michigan, majoring in radio and television production and after graduation, taking a job at a Cadillac, MI station as a "weather girl." She also describes later working for the NPR show "All Things Considered" in Washington D.C. during the day while attending law school at night, working on political campaigns, clerking at a law firm and finally passing the Michigan Bar exam, but going back to NPR for a continued career in radio. She says that she came to WKAR in 1990 as a reporter covering state government stories for a show called "State Edition" and discusses some of the stories she covered, and finally her retirement activities since leaving MSU. Millich is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.

Date Issued:

2014-06-04T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Subject Topic:

Career in radio journalism, Childhood and youth, Knowledge, Broadcasting, and Public radio

Subject Name:

Millich, Gretchen, Millich, Gretchen, Millich, Gretchen, Millich, Gretchen, and WKAR (Radio station : East Lansing, Mich.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Subject Title:

All things considered (Radio program)

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5k649v2p