Zoe Clark is Michigan Public’s Associate General Manager and Political Director. As Associate General Manager, Clark helps to guide Michigan Public’s strategic direction, content vision, and cross-platform integration. As Political Director, 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 the station’s history.
Clark is also the host of “It’s Just Politics,” a weekly look at Michigan politics, with Michigan Public Radio Network’s Senior Capitol Correspondent Rick Pluta. Together, they co-author the “It’s Just Politics” newsletter. Clark regularly appears on WKAR’s Off the Record and offers political analysis on NPR, PBS, CNN, and the BBC.
Clark is an award-winning journalist, including the prestigious Peabody for overseeing the station’s first nationally distributed podcast “Believed.” She previously was the station’s Program Director and is the founder and former Executive Producer of Stateside.
Clark earned degrees in Communication Studies and Political Science from the University of Michigan.