Patrick Center
Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.
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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses West Michigan’s struggling craft beverage industry, and tariff impacts on the regions’ auto industry and office furniture manufacturers. -
Today in our One Small Step conversation, we bring together two strangers for a conversation – about their lives - not politics. That’s not to say it doesn’t come up. Amy and Jim discover their politics and religion live on opposite ends of the spectrum. However, as they get to know each other, they discover their spiritual beliefs are rooted in caring for one another and a reverence for the environment. -
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses a Grand Rapids pilot program aiding chronically homeless women and Muskegon lands two economic development projects. Also, one of downtown Grand Rapids transformational projects, Acrisure Amphitheater, celebrated completion of its canopy.
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Today in our One Small Step conversation, we bring together two strangers for a conversation – about their lives - not politics. Michelle and Henry are very different people from their ideological viewpoints and spiritual beliefs. Yet the two find commonality in the importance of worship.
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Grand Rapids also ranks behind only Austin and Indianapolis in the growth of college graduates. WGVU spoke with Ross DeVol, CEO and chairman of "think-and-do" tank, Heartland Forward. -
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses Blue Cross posting a loss, and a West Michigan federal court judge has struck down the Corporate Transparency Act, and how tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada could impact the Michigan economy.
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“Heartland of Talent 2025” report studies talent migration trends -
Highly skilled workers are beginning to leave the nation’s coastal technology centers moving to the Midwest. -
Three decades before Rosa Parks refused to sit in the "colored" section of a Montgomery, Alabama bus, a Black Grand Rapids dentist refused to sit in the balcony of the Keith's Theatre. -
Today in our One Small Step conversation, we bring together two strangers for a conversation – about their lives - not politics. Cynthia grew up in rural Michigan. Mary is from bustling Chicago. She shares a philosophy for navigating relationships; you don’t have to like someone’s politics, but you can, and should, like the person.
