Whose News? Elevating the Voices of Detroiters in Detroit’s Story
Who reports the news? Who writes it? Who delivers it to the community? Who decides which stories to run? How do stories get to their intended audience? Whose stories are...
Dec 21st 2017
Detour Media launches Emerging Voices citizen journalism program
The Community Foundation is glad to pass along this release from Emerging Voices, supported by the Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund. Detroit residents to be equipped to tell their stories Detour...
Jun 5th 2019
In In The News
Race and Justice Reporting Initiative funded
Detroit Equity Action Lab (DEAL), a program of Wayne State University, received $26,000 to pilot the Race and Justice Reporting Initiative to build a platform for nuanced storytelling that highlights...
Jan 29th 2019
In General
Journalism grant expands Documenters program
WDET and City Bureau received a second Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund grant of $76,000 to expand the City Bureau Detroit pilot, a citizen journalism and local media partnership focused on increasing coverage...
Jan 29th 2019
In General
Journalism grant boosts understanding and use of Freedom of Information Act
Detroit Free Press, in partnership with Michigan Community Resources, received its first Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund grant of $18,020 to help citizens use the Freedom of Information Act. Detroit residents...
Jan 29th 2019
In General
Journalism grant helps cover Detroit’s eastside neighborhoods
The Michigan Chronicle and ARISE Detroit received $54,600 in 2019 to expand a citizen journalism program to Detroit’s eastside neighborhoods. The coverage of residents in east side communities will appear in...
Jan 29th 2019
In General
Program equips neighborhood residents with news reporting skills
Michigan State University, in partnership with Grandmont/Rosedale Development Corporation, has received $28,332 from the Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund to train and equip neighborhood communication outlets to produce high-quality videos with...
Jan 29th 2019
In General
Expanding Storytelling Workshops for Community Members
Riverwise Magazine, in partnership with the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership, has received a second Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund grant of $15,000 to improve and...
Jan 29th 2019
In General
Outlier delivers critical information through text messaging
Innovative news outlets around the country are looking at Outlier Media’s creative use of text messaging to connect Detroit residents to news and information about their communities. Outlier, which received...
Jan 22nd 2019
In General
Islandview home to new Neighborhood Reporting Initiative
Detroit Public Television, in partnership with Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD) and the Tuxedo Project, received $50,000 to further develop the “Other Detroit” program. The program, which launched in...
Jan 22nd 2019
In General