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Laura Hazard OwenMarch 15, 2022

“News as a public utility”: Outlier Media and Detour Detroit are joining forces

“We’re going past the idea of thinking ‘How can we get someone to give $5 a month?’ and thinking, ‘How do we inspire people to action?’”

Connor Goodwin, ProPublicaOctober 14, 2021

The view from here: Rethinking what local news can and should be

“Your newsroom should match the community. It’s the easiest thing to say, it’s very difficult to do.”

“Where there’s no competition, there’s no pressure to do better”: Local news is suffering even in areas where newspapers remain

Christine SchmidtJanuary 8, 2019

Local public meetings are a scrape and a tap away, on City Bureau’s Documenters tool

“The goal is not to produce content for media outlets. It’s to repair broken bridges with local government, to get people to the meetings, get their voices heard, and figure out the line between where the active citizen and journalist is.”

Christine SchmidtMarch 1, 2018

By mass-texting local residents, Outlier Media connects low-income news consumers to useful, personalized data

“I was not satisfied with covering low-income communities for a higher-income audience. I wanted to cover issues for and with low-income news consumers.”

Christine SchmidtJanuary 11, 2018

It’s not “citizen journalism,” but it is “citizens taking notes at public meetings with no reporters around”

Chicago’s City Bureau is betting on local residents doing this sort of low-key not-quite-journalism at meetings, and now it’s expanding the model to Detroit.

Joseph LichtermanJune 30, 2016

How Detroit’s public radio station is trying to attract younger listeners

“The news can be pretty divisive, especially in an election year like the one we’re having now. So how do you create spaces where people can find some common ground?”

Joseph LichtermanNovember 4, 2014

By the book: How Belt Publishing led to an online magazine covering the industrial Midwest

Belt says it expects three-quarters of its revenue to come from book sales by the end of the year.

Joseph LichtermanApril 22, 2014

Creating a new brand for financial news, in Michigan of all places

Four-year-old startup Benzinga is growing thanks to a free consumer site, a paid news wire, and online financial service marketplace.

Adrienne LaFranceAugust 14, 2012

Forget display ads: Technically Media’s events-based business model is working

The Philly-based startup has set up shop in Baltimore, and is eyeing other cities.