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Bridge adds veteran of nation’s best newspapers to its editing ranks
Monica Williams returns to Michigan after years abroad and a distinguished career at The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and other newspapers.
Snag your ticket for the Citizen Water Summits, coming this October!
How should Michigan address ongoing water issues, from PFAS to Line 5 to water shut offs? Grab your free ticket to the Center for Michigan’s Citizen Water Summits for your chance to learn about these issues and have your opinion heard by state leaders.
3 ways to take part in the Your Water, Your Voice campaign from anywhere
Can't make it to a Citizen Summit or a Community Conversation during our Your Water, Your Voice campaign? Here's how to have your voice heard at any time!
It’s Bridge’s 8th birthday. Will you help us celebrate?
Bridge Magazine is for Michigan, by Michigan and about Michigan. Our nonprofit newsroom needs your support.
Bridge is hiring a Michigan Capitol watchdog reporter. Join our team.
Bridge seeks a tenacious, savvy reporter to join the four-time Michigan Press Association ‘Newspaper of the Year.’
Bridge, Center for Michigan win Emmy for ‘Michigan Divided’ documentary
Following six Michigan families with different political views for a year, “Michigan Divided” exposed our stubbornly wide partisan gap. The film won best topical documentary in the Michigan Emmy contest Saturday.
Calling Michigan teachers! How would you improve 3rd-grade reading skills?
Michigan’s young students continue to struggle with basic reading proficiency. What would Michigan teachers do differently if they were in charge of state education policy?
Bridge is hiring a copy editor/production manager for our growing audience
Bridge Magazine expands once more to provide high-quality, nonpartisan coverage of the most important issues facing Michigan residents.
Please support Bridge's nonprofit Michigan newsroom during our spring 2019 fundraiser
Our stories are free, but we need your help. Bridge has no paywall and has very little advertising. We rely on the generosity of readers to support our in-depth journalism. Will you help us during our spring 2019 fundraiser?
Bridge reporter Chastity Pratt wins Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University
Bridge’s urban affairs reporter among 27 global journalists named to the Nieman Foundation Journalism fellowship program at Harvard University.
Bridge wins 26 awards in Society of Professional Journalists contest
Staffers won nine first-place awards in the contest that honors great journalism.
Tell us how YOU would fix Michigan’s roads
Want to ensure your voice is heard in Michigan’s road debate? Come give us a piece of your mind!
Bridge Magazine seeks reporter to cover healthcare, mental health issues
Healthcare remains a critical issue for Michigan families and businesses. Bridge seeks an experienced journalist to convey the challenges and policy choices to our growing statewide audience.
Bridge earns fourth straight Michigan Newspaper of the Year award
Bridge earned 30 Michigan Press Association prizes altogether, including five first-place awards in open-class competition against every newspaper in the state. Among them: MPA's prestigious Public Service Award.
From Michigan Truth Tour: Fix our schools and roads, end partisan games
The Center for Michigan heard from 23,000 people across the state in 2018 on what they want from lawmakers, and what they don’t. Now, we’re talking your views to every legislator in Lansing and to the governor’s office.
The Michigan Truth Tour in 18 pictures
A peek at what it’s like to speak with over 8,000 people statewide in one year - all with a puppy in tow.
The Center for Michigan is looking to hire an outreach coordinator
If you have a passion for public engagement and want to impact issues critical to Michigan’s future, this is your opportunity.
‘Michigan Divided’ documentary showing at DIA and U-M as election nears
Bridge spent a year following six families with wildly different political views after the contentious 2016 election to see if they could find common ground. You have a few chances to see the resulting documentary before your vote on Nov. 6.
Bridge reporter wins Michigan Bar award for consumer coverage
Ted Roelofs received the Frank J. Kelley Consumer Advocacy Award for his reporting last year on the pitfalls of reverse mortgages and their impact on Michigan seniors.
Will you help celebrate Bridge's 7th birthday with a donation?
Bridge is public service journalism for the people of Michigan. We’re nonprofit. Nonpartisan. Fact-driven. And supported by readers just like you all over the state. Will you help us celebrate our 7th birthday by supporting our mission?