
Zoe Clark is Michigan Public’s Political Director. In this role, Clark guides coverage of the state Capitol, elections and policy debates. Her passion for understanding and explaining politics led Michigan Public to create the position in 2022 for the first time in station history. She hosts “It’s Just Politics” with Michigan Public Radio Network’s Senior Capitol Correspondent Rick Pluta, a weekly show and podcast on all things Michigan politics.
Clark regularly appears on Detroit PBS’ “One Detroit,” WKAR’s “Off the Record” and WDIV’s “Flashpoint,” and offers political analysis on NPR, BBC, CNN and C-SPAN. She is an award-winning journalist, including the prestigious Peabody for overseeing the station’s first nationally distributed podcast “Believed.”
Clark previously was Michigan Public’s Program Director and is the founder and former executive producer of “Stateside.” She began at the station producing Jack Lessenberry’s daily interviews and essays and producing “Morning Edition.”
Clark began her collegiate studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She holds degrees in communication studies and political science from the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor where she was born and raised.
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