Cristin Coppess
Newsroom InternContact Cristin Coppess:
📧 coppe1cg@cmich.edu 📞 989-774-3105
Cristin Coppess is a newsroom intern at WCMU.
A rising junior, Coppess is majoring in photojournalism with a double minor in multimedia design and leadership at Central Michigan University. She hails from the Saginaw Bay area.
During the academic year, she is managing editor for CM-Life, Central Michigan University's student-run campus media company. She hopes to build a career as a photojournalist while serving as a leader in the newsroom.
Her favorite destination in Michigan is Frankfurt Beach in the summertime.
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The bills were met with swift backlash from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at a recent hearing in the Michigan House of Representatives. -
The yellow perch population in the Saginaw Bay has been consistently decreasing since the late 1980s. They've fallen victim to intense predation from the booming walleye population. -
Emergency personnel were deployed to a Coast Guard Station in Essexville, Michigan following reports of a possible sinkhole. The cause of the situation is unknown and is currently undergoing investigation. -
Six years after historic flooding caused by the failure of the Edenville, Sanford, Smallwood and Secord Dams devastated parts of Midland and Gladwin Counties, the Sanford Dam and it's lake are almost fully restored. -
A coalition of public transportation organizations are asking for $330 million to fund local bus operations as state lawmakers work to close a more than $1 billion gap in the upcoming budget. -
A 124-acre wildfire in the Huron-Manistee National Forest is 80% contained and some near Mio were evacuated from the area. -
Independent owners said in Clare on Monday they're paying more than what they make on the medicine they distribute. -
The Wexford County Emergency Manger says recovery efforts can't begin until water recedes in Cadillac, leaving people in limbo. -
The highly anticipated 35th state Senate District special election will accept early votes from Saginaw County residents beginning Saturday, April 25th, 2026. -
Nearly six years after flooding devastated the village of Sanford, residents are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel as water comes back to Sanford Lake. Officials estimate the refilling process will be complete by Memorial Day.
