Alvin (AJ) Jones
Reporter / ProducerContact AJ Jones
📧 jones55a@cmich.edu 📞 989-774-3105
AJ Jones is the general assignment reporter for WCMU. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a native of metro-Detroit.
At Michigan Public, he covered the UAW strikes, campus protests over the war in Gaza, and general coverage of education, the economy, criminal justice and the environment. He also contributed to guest hosting Weekend Edition.
He is interested in stories about public policy and local issues.
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Stephanie Nicole Anderson can be seen in multiple videos being tased and struck several times by multiple Saginaw police officers while in the city's downtown. -
The controversial project looks to encase the Line 5 pipeline, which carries crude oil and natural gas liquids through the Straits of Mackinac, into a concrete tunnel. -
The Chamber of Marine Commerce, who represent shipping companies on both sides of the border, warn that raw materials may get more expensive as a result of the failed trade talks. -
It's the second death at the facility being investigated as a homicide this year. -
U.S. Rep. Kristin McDonald Rivet, D-Bay City, and U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, say cuts to Biden-era green energy policies led to SK Siltron folding its facility. -
Tens-of-millions of acres of National Forest lands could be subject to timber activities if a proposed Trump-administration-rollback is passed. About 16,000 of those acres are in Michigan. -
The Trump administration is proposing changes that would cut regulations for Head Start programs and return many responsibilities to state education officials. -
Unknown companies filed claims to Google alleging WCMU copied a story about Michael Carbonara and his ties to a UP bitcoin mine. -
The latest Emerson College poll of 350 likely GOP voters gives Congressman John James an eight point advantage over businessman Perry Johnson with less than a week to go before the gubernatorial primary. -
The comments were made amid a legal battle between Lake Superior Academy, the school next to the mine in Dafter Township, and the mine's operators.
