🎉🫶 Congrats to all of these hardworking journalists!

Would love to hear how folks remember this place. One woman shared with me a fond memory of being pecked by a chicken.

Planet Detroit takes home 11 journalism awards planetdetroit.org/2024/05/planet… via Planet Detroit

Q: Who is Za’Nyia Kelly?

A: A Black environmentalist you should know. buff.ly/3URG45b

🚀 Exciting news! Laprisha Berry Daniels joins Planet Detroit as our first Executive Director. With a robust background in public health and environmental justice, she's ready to lead us to new heights! buff.ly/3wzQfBS

Congratulations to Jena Brooker and -Q- on being finalists in the #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 Salute to Excellence contest!

The story: bridgedetroit.com/can-detroiters…

Michigan editor who chronicled Ottawa Co. upheaval fired after trying to staff 'ghost' papers

'To come down with the atomic bomb of firing somebody with no severance seems hypocritical and unseemly for a news organization.'

detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via The Detroit News Melissa Nann Burke

Worked on a story on the opening of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op, produced by Detroit PBS !

youtu.be/_jr_3AJxedM?si…

Bridge Michigan launches national search for executive editor of innovation bridgemi.com/center-michiga… via Bridge Michigan

I'm still in shock...and will be for a long time, I think. Thank you to The Pulitzer Prizes and everyone who helped and trusted me to tell the story of Martin Luther King Jr. This award celebrates his life. pulitzer.org/winners/jonath…

Applications open for Free Press apprenticeships:

freep.com/in-depth/news/… via Detroit Free Press

Tiff Massey's '7 Mile + Livernois' exhibit debuts at the DIA on Sunday.

'People need to understand that there’s a lot of sauce here in the soil of Detroit, regardless of what branding or narration Detroit has.'

bridgedetroit.com/tiff-massey-br… via @bridgedet313 Micah Walker

Former Detroit diner owner leading Downtown Boxing Gym’s culinary arts program bit.ly/3ybZPLC

Hi! I’m Kayleigh Lickliter and I’m this month’s featured Detroit Documenter!

I’ve watched 500+ public meetings and created a public record for 132 of them. I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up but I know I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. outliermedia.org/kayleigh-lickl…

Good morning! Micah Walker has a story for you this Monday:

‘Degree Forward’ is making college more accessible for Detroiters

'It’s nothing like I ever experienced when I tried to complete my degree 12 years ago.'

bridgedetroit.com/degree-forward… via @bridgedet313

⁦⁦⁦If you haven’t heard of Birdie’s Bookmobile, ⁦Eleanore Catolico⁩ can fill you ⁦⁦in ⁦BridgeDetroit⁩

“Some parents don’t have vehicles. Some don’t have time … In this way, the library comes to them.” ⁦⁦ bridgedetroit.com/birdies-bookmo…

It's Tax Day and More Detroiters will be filing single than any other big city, Jena Brooker reports:

'Single status can cost an individual upwards of a million dollars in a lifetime beyond what a married peer ... would be paying.'

bridgedetroit.com/detroit-single… via @bridgedet313

Detroit’s Def Sound Studio on path to becoming state’s first hip-hop landmark

'I knew this was truly another Detroit story that needed to be told.'

bridgedetroit.com/detroits-def-s… via @bridgedet313 Micah Walker

When you want to know if the BBQ place down the street is open. ⁦BridgeDetroit⁩

Maty’s African Cuisine doubling size with new building

'I want this area to be booming, like Livernois. That’s what I want and I need help for that.'

bridgedetroit.com/matys-african-… via @bridgedet313 Jena Brooker