MPAF & Trott Foundation Fellowship Winners

The MPA Foundation is pleased to present a series of stories written by the MPAF/Trott Foundation 2025 Fellows. We are making this series available to all MPA members for publication.

The stories began developing when the fellows spent a few days in Lansing talking with various stakeholders about FOIA in our state.  

Each of the fellows addressed a different aspect of the issue to create this series.  

We want to thank mentor Dave Clark, Editor of the Midland Daily News and the fellows:  

Lily Kujawski-Eastern Michigan University

Blace Carpenter-Central Michigan University

Lee Marentette-Grand Valley University

Minnie Bardenhagen-Northwestern Michigan College