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Laina G. Stebbins

Ann Arbor, Lansing
As seen in: RawStory, Good News Network, NewsBreak, Detroit Metro Times, Killeen Daily Herald, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, KPXJ 21/KTBS 3 (Shreveport, LA), WFMZ-TV (Allentown, PA), Scranton Times-Tribune, Longview News-Journal and
Covers:  Environment, criminal justice, Native issues, Line 5
former enviro journalist, current public health spox @MichiganHHS • settler on Anishinaabek land • Great Lakes enthusiast • bi • views are mine 🌈🌲🌊

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Laina G. Stebbins’s Biography

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Award-winning reporter, political junkie and Michigan State University J-School alumna. I love words and making information beautiful.

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Tribes, activists from across U.S. gather up north in solidarity of Line 5 fight

Tribes, activists from across U.S. gather up north in solidarity of Line 5 fight

The Indigenous-led celebrations of Enbridge's "eviction" from the Straits of Mackinac continued Thursday, eve…

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Indigenous activists celebrate treaty rights on Line 5 shutdown deadline

Indigenous activists celebrate treaty rights on Line 5 shutdown deadline

With Enbridge pumping stations as backdrops in St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Indigenous Michigan water protec…

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Whitmer to Enbridge: Defy shutdown order at your own financial risk

Whitmer to Enbridge: Defy shutdown order at your own financial risk

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote in a letter Tuesday to Enbridge stating that if it ignores her order to shut down…

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Want fewer state health orders? Get vaccinated, Whitmer says.

Want fewer state health orders? Get vaccinated, Whitmer says.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday doubled down on her strategy to ease Michigan out of its outgoing COVID-19 …

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16 states, 4 tribes back Whitmer's lawsuit over Line 5 shutdown

16 states, 4 tribes back Whitmer's lawsuit over Line 5 shutdown

As the state of Michigan continues to battle Canadian oil company Enbridge in court over Gov. Gretchen Whitme…

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The Senate plans to sue Whitmer over COVID relief vetoes. Here's what's at stake.

The Senate plans to sue Whitmer over COVID relief vetoes. Here's what's at stake.

When presented with a COVID-19 supplemental plan interlinked with a "political poison pill" from GOP leaders …

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Articles

Michigan Chamber panelists react to election, look ahead at lame duck session Original

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By Jon King Verified, Mark Fisk, Laina G. Stebbins
| Michigan Advance
With Republicans set to retake control of the Michigan House of Representatives, the Legislature’s lame duck session may or may not be active, but it will be potentially contentious.
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By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy Verified, Laina G. Stebbins
| Michigan Advance
Former President Donald Trump held his second rally in the Grand Canyon State for his 2024 presidential election bid Friday, featuring a who’s who of Arizona MAGA enthusiasts, where he spent more than an hour giving a disjointed and at times rambling speech that was aimed at his loyal base of supporters. Trump, along with […]
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Trauma, healing and hope as stolen Native remains return home

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By Anna Gustafson, Laina G. Stebbins
| Michigan Advance
“Nothing is sacred if it is old and non-white. Especially if it is buried in the ground,” reads a 1972 Nishnawbe News article featured alongside a photo of an uncovered mass gravesite. Written for the Native-run Northern Michigan University newspaper 50 years ago, the student author’s piece describes a public display in St. Ignace in which a white landowner charged onlookers a fee to view the remains of 52 Native Americans.
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Interview

Why did you become a journalist?

To pursue the truth, educate the public and play a small part in strengthening democracy.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

All things Line 5 related, and all stories that uplift Indigenous voices and stories.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Stay curious.

Awards

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Environmental Journalism Award | Sierra Club Michigan

2020 - Environmental issues

On Dec. 14, 2020, Sierra Club Michigan Chapter honored the Michigan Advance with the 2020 Environmental Journalism Award — "for the Advance’s outstanding reporting on the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline controversy, and regularly engaging readers with compelling and approachable stories about a controversial pipeline that at any point in time could rupture and create an environmental and economic disaster.”

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Best coverage of the Coronavirus in Michigan | Michigan Press Association

2020 - Health reporting

In March 2021, the Michigan Advance won the statewide MPA award for “Best coverage of the Coronavirus in Michigan,” which is open to all print publications part of the MPA. Ken Coleman, Susan J. Demas, Allison Donahue, Laina G. Stebbins, Anna Liz Nichols, C.J. Moore and Anna Gustafson contributed to coverage.

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Best Page Design | Michigan Press Association

2020 - Investigative Journalism

Best Page Design, First Place, “A tale of two oil pipelines and their place in the presidential race,” by Laina G. Stebbins and Susan J. Demas.

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Newspaper of the Year | Michigan Press Association

2020 - Journalism

In March 2021, the Michigan Advance was named 2020 Newspaper of the Year in its circulation category by the Michigan Press Association (MPA). The publication took second place for Newspaper of the Year in 2019.

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