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To focus on community life and the city’s future after bankruptcy, five nonprofit media outlets have formed the Detroit Journalism Cooperative (DJC).
The Center for Michigan’s Bridge Magazine is the convening partner for the group, which includes Detroit Public Television (DPTV), Michigan Radio, WDET and New Michigan Media, a partnership of ethnic and minority newspapers.
Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the DJC partners are reporting about and creating community engagement opportunities relevant to the city’s bankruptcy, recovery and restructuring.
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A new bridge is dawning in Detroit. Matty Moroun isn’t the only one unhappy.
Detroit's Delray neighborhood is dying by the day to make room for the Gordie Howe International Bridge crossing to Canada. But not everyone says they’re getting a fair shake.
A truck ferry offers a rare, gorgeous glimpse of Detroit River
Slideshow: The Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry offers a vista of Detroit’s industrial past and future that is rarely seen elsewhere.
One year in, Detroit’s QLine falling well short of expectations
The streetcar system attracted barely half of its projected riders for several months. Operators are confident it will become an asset.
Guns share spotlight with budget woes at Michigan school convention
Amid seminars on retirement costs and finance, budget officials learn how to ward off a gunman during a school conference in Detroit. Another colorful stop on the Michigan Truth Tour.
Listen: Discussion on poaching of Detroit police who received free training
Listen to Chastity Pratt-Dawsey discuss efforts in Lansing to allow Detroit to recoup training money from new cops who split for suburban departments.
Podcast flips script, puts mic in hands of Detroit neighborhood residents
Residents of the MorningSide neighborhood are telling their own stories and crafting their own narratives.
Facing police shortage, Detroit seeks to stop new cops from jumping ship
For years, Detroit has trained police recruits only to watch them split for the suburbs. A proposed bill would require them to repay the city.
Detroit is ranked worst on the national exam. Again. Can schools improve?
In 2015, Detroit posted the worst NAEP test scores in the nation. Two years later, scores are worse.
Detroit finally has money to hire teachers. Good luck finding them.
Short on teachers and promising all schools can get gym and art classes next year, Detroit officials are traveling the nation to find teachers
Detroit schools' outdated curriculum sets students up to fail, audit finds
The Detroit school district has been using a curriculum that’s ‘an injustice to the children of Detroit’ — but it’s not alone.
Tax breaks for poor neighborhoods steered to booming pockets in Detroit
A deadline is approaching to designate poor areas for tax breaks in Detroit and across the state. So why are some more affluent areas being included?
SE Michigan voters could see new mass transit plan on ballot in November
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans unveiled a new Southeast Michigan transportation plan after months of meetings with Macomb and Oakland county leaders
Banks are lending again in Detroit...if you live in the right neighborhood
Mortgages are up more than a third in the city, but the housing comeback has left out entire swaths of Detroit. City leaders urge patience.
Dan Gilbert says a Detroit housing fix is vital. Here are 5 obstacles.
Five reasons why mortgage lending is so tricky in the Motor City, and a few things being done to overcome the hurdles.
Goodbye to Delray, the Detroit enclave residents are getting paid to leave
Detroit is offering new homes to residents to leave a tucked-away, forlorn corner of the city to make way for the Gordie Howe International Bridge
Fond memories and burned homes: Slideshow
Once a haven for Hungarian immigrants, the slice of Southwest Detroit is hanging by a thread in the future home of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Explore the neighborhood through this slideshow.
Duggan hits reverse, now supports Gretchen Whitmer for Michigan governor
A month after trying to woo other Democrats to run against Whitmer, Detroit’s mayor threw his enviable political muscle behind the party frontrunner
Detroit council isn’t a stooge for Mayor Mike Duggan, its president says
Just because the Detroit City Council isn’t a laughingstock doesn’t mean its members are a rubber stamp for the mayor, Brenda Jones insists.
Sweeping study proposes major changes to how Michigan schools are funded
Group wants more money for students living in poverty and disabilities. But will it fly?
As mass transit talks slow, will Wayne, Washtenaw counties go it alone?
A few weeks ago, a breakthrough was near for a regional transit plan in southeast Michigan. Now, talks have frayed, and some wonder if a smaller plan is better than none.