Muir joins Pilot newsroom

Ben Muir, 22, joins the Petersburg Pilot staff this week and assumes the position of news reporter.

Muir graduated from Michigan State University in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a minor in Anthropology.

He was the Sex and Health Editor for The Big Green, an online student publication that covers news and culture stories at Michigan State University.

He completed an internship at The Olympian, a daily newspaper in Olympia, Washington in the summer of 2016.

Muir grew up in Lapeer, Michigan and enjoys hiking, hunting, kayaking, reading and talking to people....