Elinor Epperson
What began as a professional project at Michigan State has turned into a feature project at Michigan Public radio.
Elinor Epperson spent 18 months researching, writing, fact-checking and editing a series of threelongform articles about the Gelman plume, an area of groundwater contamination under Ann Arbor that is several decades old.
The contamination comes from the disposal of industrial wastewater disposal by Gelman Sciences, a one-time medical filter manufacturer.
She also wrote a reporter’s notebook and appeared on the Stateside podcast to provide a more condensed version of the project.
Epperson earned her master’s degree in journalism from the MSU School of Journalism in fall 2024 and still works at the station as an intern.
By Elinor Epperson
