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Environment & food reporter @BridgeDet313 | Previously @grist, @planetdetroit
Detroit, MI
Joined October 2018
Detroit's Moroun family is taking over a 99% Black neighborhood in the city. The family owns 160 of 215 parcels, and wants the rest. FOIA reveals a Moroun-owned company illegally constructed a concrete plant just across from residents in 2022.
bridgedetroit.com
It's the latest example of the city allowing special dispensations for heavy industry operations nestled in majority-Black neighborhoods.
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RT @radbrowndads: I was laid off today by the Chicago Tribune as were several talented colleagues. I was able to report several dream stori….
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RT @SPJDetroit: Come mingle and experience Detroit's first Black-owned brewery!. We'll be convening a networking #HappyHour from 5:30-7 p.m….
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After the meeting residents were picking greens from the garden. The neighborhood got a $15k beautification grant twice for the garden.
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At a community meeting in District 1 and the community liason said people have been illegally dumping & taking the cameras when they’re done so now the city is installing dummy cameras.
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Journalism Camp Day 7 Recap!. We heard from three great speakers today: @j_e_n_a_b on environmental reporting, @leah_samuel on public health reporting and @SaMyaOverall on video reporting! 🌿🩺📹
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RT @Simon_Schuster: New: Federal filings show more than 540,000 acres of Michigan's UP forestland — about 5% of the entire peninsula — has….
bridgemi.com
As Michigan lawmakers scrutinize foreign land ownership, records obtained by Bridge reveal the Singapore government’s sovereign wealth fund owns more than half a million acres in the Upper Peninsula.
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Port Huron, MI used to be at the center of chicory trade in the U.S. — a fact I just learned because I’m trying to buy some locally made chicory syrup ☕️.
thetimesherald.com
At one time, Port Huron billed itself as the Chicory Capital of the United States
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On Tuesday Detroiters gathered to protest a concrete facility that was initially built illegally and is located in a residential neighborhood.
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✍️🏆 I'm helping judge the 2025 Detroit Writing Room Awards competition. You have until Sept. 3 to submit your writing or photography.
detroitwritingroom.com
The Detroit Writing Room Awards recognizes writers of all ages from the Motor City. Submit your writing or photography for a chance to be published in the book "Detroit Voices" and honored at an...
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My reporting on John Hantz's tree farm on Detroit's east side was cited in a new Places Journal article, check it out.
placesjournal.org
Today's billionaires and technofascists threaten to rob the American people of things we are supposed to hold in common.
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RT @AaronMondry: BREAKING: The City of Detroit is suing cryptocurrency-based real estate company RealT for failing to maintain hundreds of….
outliermedia.org
The lawsuit alleges RealT, a cryptocurrency-based real estate company, failed to maintain hundreds of properties it owns in Detroit.
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Thrilled to share I’ve been selected for a fellowship with ProPublica! I’ll spend the year investigating heavy industry in Detroit neighborhoods.
bridgedetroit.com
Reporter Jena Brooker will work full-time on an in-depth investigative project focused on heavy industry in Detroit neighborhoods.
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RT @BriRiceWrites: Which candidates are most aligned with your views on the important issues facing Detroit? Take our quiz and find out! Bo….
projects.outliermedia.org
Sift through Detroit’s mayoral candidates before the 2025 primary and choose the best fit for you — take Outlier Media’s Meet Your Mayor quiz.
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Some Detroit farms are having solstice parties this weekend 🌞.
bridgedetroit.com
The longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere is celebrated by Detroit farmers with block parties, special dinners, markets and more.
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