MorningSide 48224: A community podcast
What happens when community members lead the conversation about their community? MorningSide 48224, a community-led podcast, will endeavor to find out. Instead of unearthing city stories from a...
View ArticleStep up to the mic with MorningSide 48224
This year, Michigan Radio is trying something new. Instead of sending a reporter in to tell stories about MorningSide, we’re inviting the MorningSide community to tell their own stories. From family...
View ArticleResidents take the mic in new MorningSide podcast
There are a few basic steps journalists take when reporting. Pick a newsworthy topic. Track down the facts. And then talk to people out in the community what they think about it. But what if you...
View ArticleTake a tour of MorningSide 48224 with Detroit Public TV
Michigan Radio's Imani Mixon was on Detroit Public TV last weekend to discuss MorningSide 48224 , the new podcast project by Michigan Radio and the Detroit Journalism Cooperative. Watch below to get a...
View ArticleOur Balfour story: Three generations, one block
Over three generations, grandmother Patricia Robinson, mother Tamiko Clark, and daughter DaTrice Clark have lived on the same street in MorningSide. Their family story doubles as a history lesson in...
View ArticleMorningSide 48224 teams up with Out of the Blocks to share voices from...
In this special episode, MorningSide 48224 teams up with WYPR's Out of the Blocks to share voices from MorningSide. On the east side of Detroit, the streets of MorningSide are lined with stately, brick...
View ArticleMorningSide 48224, part 2. Slide, Ride or Die
In this episode, we meet the founder of the Detroit Artists’ Test Lab, the head of an African American podcast network called Audiowave, neighborhood activists young and old, a closet poet, and the...
View ArticleMr. Earl's neighborhood
Long before the city of Detroit rebranded itself, a tight-knit neighborhood on the far east side decided to make a name for itself. The community formerly known as NEAR (Neighborhood East Area...
View ArticleThe MorningSide divide
I grew up in Detroit during the ‘80s, a period of recession and white flight. As industry left, our community went from being a stable middle-class neighborhood to one that was falling apart at the...
View ArticleLive from MorningSide: 5 storytelling tips from the community
Traditional media outlets have enhanced their community presence, oftentimes these communities have established networks of communication, engagement, and in some cases, content production. Take...
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