Arise Detroit! and Michigan Chronicle
Arise Detroit! created “One Year in the Life” to produce news stories in three Detroit neighborhoods — Dexter-Davidson, Northwest and Southwest — to expand the narrative about Detroit and show...
Jun 15th 2018
WDET and City Bureau: Citizen Journalism Serving as the Eyes and Ears for the Public
Too often Detroit residents are not aware a public meeting is happening or are unable to find out what occurred. Some public meetings, once routinely covered by local journalists, seldom...
Jun 15th 2018
Journalism on Demand: Personalized Data Delivered By Text Message
When Outlier Media founder Sarah Alvarez explored how to reach more Detroit residents to share information she looked beyond newsprint and websites, traditional ways of delivering news to the public....
Jun 15th 2018
Cultivating A New Generation of Storytellers
The Riverwise Writing Workshop is arming a new generation of storytellers with the tools to shape their own stories. Local activists deeply-rooted in their communities are developing skills writing poetry...
Jun 15th 2018
Detroit Public Television and Community Development Advocates of Detroit host community conversations to bolster neighborhood participation in the region’s journalism
Local residents share views about the problems and promise of their comeback city in Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund pilot program. The group of young black men under 30, who make...
Jun 15th 2018
Detroit bike share system adds vehicles for riders with disabilities MLive
New Adaptive Cycles offered in Detroit! With support from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation’s Design & Access Fund at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, MoGo Detroit is now...
May 18th 2018
In In The News
How three women saw gaps in Detroit media and started their own publications Model D
Two Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund grantees were mentioned in a piece by Model D. Read the story featuring Serena Maria Daniels of Tostada Magazine and Sarah Alvarez of Outlier Media....
May 8th 2018
In In The News
Employing Detroit’s Youth
The Marjorie S. Fisher Fund of the Community Foundation has awarded a challenge grant of up to $200,000 to Connect Detroit to support its “Grow Detroit’s Young Talent” program. This...
May 7th 2018
In General
Why is futurist Amy Webb feeling not so great about the next 20 years? Crain's Detroit
On Wednesday, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation launched “Future of Information: Media, Technology and Democracy,” a yearlong event series on...
Apr 16th 2018
In In The News
Professional Development Grants Help Increase Capacity of Brightmoor Community Leaders
DETROIT, MI – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, with support from the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, has provided a second year of funding for staff training...
Apr 4th 2018
In Press Release