Worry creased Marty Jurish’s face as he thought about the danger lead pipes pose to thousands of Michigan residents. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t worry about the lead in the lines and what happened in Flint,” he said. “I don’t want that to happen here in my town.” Jurish is […]
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Detroit public schools thank donors for clean water with private tour and luncheon
April 23, 2019 
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On a Wednesday at Breithaupt Career and Technical Center in Detroit, Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti, Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), greets an unusual crowd for the setting. Seated at a dozen round tables decorated with colorful flower centerpieces are representatives from foundations and organizations who have collectively contributed $2.5 million to safe […]
Continue readingResponse to Flint: Ideas for collaborative journalism projects
February 25, 2016 0 Comments
What if environmental journalists around the country got together to respond to the Flint water crisis with a collective reporting project? What if environmental journalists collaborated with the people of Flint to help them gather an audience for their stories of being poisoned by lead in their drinking water? How could we work together on […]
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