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.

Stephen Henderson is a native Detroiter who has more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer and editor, and a deep-rooted connection with the city that birthed him.

A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Henderson has also won more than two dozen other national awards for writing and editing. He was honored in 2014 as Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and University of Detroit Jesuit High School.

Henderson is a founder of BridgeDetroit, a non-profit news organization that prioritizes issues that Detroiters themselves identify as critical. He is also the founder of The Tuxedo Project, a literary arts and community center located in Henderson’s childhood home.

He hosts the daily radio show “Created Equal” on WDET 101.9FM, Detroit’s public radio station, and is involved in two weekly shows on Detroit PBS. Henderson is the host of “American Black Journal” and regularly contributes to “One Detroit.”

Nolan Finley is the editorial page editor of The Detroit News, a position he’s held since 2000. He directs the expression of the newspaper’s editorial position on various national and local issues and also writes a column. Prior to that, Finley was the newspaper’s deputy managing editor, directing the newsroom. Previously, he served as business editor and in various editing positions on the city, state and metro desks. He was also a reporter, covering Detroit City Hall during the Coleman Young administration.

Finley has been with the newspaper since 1976, starting as a copyboy in the newsroom while a student at Wayne State University. Nolan also contributes to Detroit PBS’ “One Detroit” and often appears on WDIV’s “Flashpoint.” He is a graduate of both Schoolcraft College in Livonia and Wayne State, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. In 2012, Finley was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. He is a native of Cumberland County, Kentucky.