Elliot Russell
ReporterElliot Russell joins WMUK for the 2025-2026 academic year as a news intern. He grew up in Kalamazoo’s Westnedge Hill neighborhood and now lives in the Stuart neighborhood, studying English at the nearby Kalamazoo College.
A graduate of Loy Norrix High School, he got his start writing and editing for its student newspaper, Knight Life, until his graduation in 2022. He relocated to New York in 2024, where he worked at the Bronx Documentary Center and created a guerrilla internet radio station called Audio Ergo Sum during a New York Arts Program residency.
Outside the newsroom, he can be found biking downtown, developing film in the Kalamazoo College darkroom, or hanging out at house shows in the Vine neighborhood.
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"Walt's Pilgrimage," a class where students visit Disney-related sites across the country, was first offered at Western Michigan University in 2015. In late April, students made their first stop at the Gilmore Car Museum, which Disney visited in 1964. -
An email to a parent mentions "potential anticompetitive and unfair trade practices" resulting from corporate owners, "including but not limited to Black Bear Sports Group." -
Through events like Thursday's benefit concert for students in El Salvador, the group raises money for charitable causes while fostering artistic community. -
As a part of the Cultivate 269 pitch competition, two of the nine finalists will be funded following a public pitch night on April 10. -
Advocates say the planned design would provide a safer footpath between Maple Street Magnet School and the Vine neighborhood. -
The DCCC's "Red to Blue" program will support Democrat Sean McCann. A WMU political scientist said the seat won't flip easily. -
After purchasing Wings West last year, the company is making two more West Michigan acquisitions. -
The money will help the aviation school buy new equipment, which in turn will help it increase the number of qualified graduates for various positions. -
Ten years after the crime, the Kalamazoo County sheriff, WMU police chief, and a family member of two victims reflect. -
The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will vote on a proposal to transfer stewardship, and possibly eventually full control, of Asylum Lake to the county.
