🚨 JOB ALERT: Outlier Media is proud to announce we will hire our 2nd Report for America corps member in 2023! This person will be a 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 covering labor and the economy for Detroit’s low-wage workers. Want to learn more? Visit bit.ly/3F8wcL5.

This is the real cold weather story everyone needs to read from miriam marini🇵🇸 at the Detroit Free Press. No coats and no promises. freep.com/story/news/loc…

Right to counsel. A giant rubber duck. Big plans for public space. Water affordability, a new mural map and more -- take a look back at memorable moments from a year in Detroit outliermedia.org/detroit-highli…

We are starting the year off by growing our team at Outlier Media is on Bluesky. We have four openings in our newsroom. Please share if you know someone who would be a great fit. If you'd like to chat before you apply, set up a call with me to learn more about our newsroom 1/4

The Make Food Not Waste program in Detroit is now serving more than 4,000 meals a week, keeping about 15,000 pounds of food out of landfills last month outliermedia.org/upcycling-kitc…

This was the group project to end ALL group projects. A special thank you to Kate Abbey-Lambertz (who OWNED this launch), Michael Grant, and Newspack - The platform for news. Also, to everyone who has ever contributed even a single dollar to support or work--thank you. This is your investment at work.

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Today, Outlier Media is on Bluesky launched its official membership program, The Outlier Collective. We're working to build a program that follows the ethos of our editorial work: Informed, connected, and valuable. I hope you'll join us! Learn more: outliermedia.org/join/

We've all seen the sign language interpreters working at City of Detroit meetings. For my latest Outlier Media is on Bluesky story, I got to talk to one of them. Meet Dr. Stephanie Beatty... outliermedia.org/asl-interprete…

Hey Detroit, do you have a Detroit grad you’d like to shout out or celebrate? Send their name and message to [email protected]. Outlier Media is on Bluesky is putting together a project to celebrate the Class of ‘24! If you have advice to share for grads, send that, too!

what a banger read from Koby Levin about a bizarre case of birds dropping rocks. Informative, fun, delightfully written. Koby's got jokes! I am deceased! outliermedia.org/birds-dropping…

We want to hear every dirt-y (get it? 😉) detail about your urban farm or garden! Tell us all about it by taking our survey ⬇️⬇️

For over a year, Outlier Media is on Bluesky has been developing a system to help newsrooms share valuable, actionable, and personalized info directly with audiences without overwhelming newsroom staff. Catch @sarahalvarezMI and Kate Abbey-Lambertz at #SRCCON24 for a preview!2024.srccon.org/schedule/#_ses…

Hey Detroit! Today at 6:00 PM I’ll be live-tweeting the DTE Rate Case Public Hearing for #DETdocumenters Detroit Documenters Media partners: BridgeDetroit Chalkbeat Detroit Detroit Free Press Detroit Metro Times @Michigan_public Outlier Media is on Bluesky Planet Detroit WDET 101.9FM WXYZ Detroit

Detroit Police Chief James White will be the next CEO of DWIHN, the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network.

Have seen all sorts of wild ways speculators cause harm, but this one left me speechless -- buying 100s of properties without rly knowing Detroit, anonymous investors, blight tickets, black mold and no maintenance, eviction notices -- and then you throw crypto into the mix.

On July 22, a judge barred RealT from collecting rent or evicting tenants as part of Detroit's nuisance abatement lawsuit. That same day, RealT told investors it had renovated 14 (+2 more later) Detroit homes and raised rents. I visited all 16. Here’s what I found 🧵