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On the Ground: Battle Creek

Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Drawing together philanthropic support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and smaller foundations as well as city government, county governments, Veterans Affairs, senior welfare organizations, and economic development groups, IMG launched On the Ground: Battle Creek. 
 
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UPword

Wednesday, January 1, 2025
In the summer of 2022, Issue Media Group relaunched its online, community-informed, digital publication in the Upper Peninsula. Working with a coalition of parnters, UPword focuses on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and community development, while featuring U.P.-based talent.   
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The Role of Philanthropy

Wednesday, January 1, 2025
In the past decade, a growing number of philantrhopic organizations have provided financial support for journalism outlets.   
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Dedicated housing coverage drives awareness and action

Monday, November 25, 2024
IMG publications like Model D and Metromode have partnered with local housing partnerships to provide continuous coverage of issues related to housing. And Southwest Michigan's Second Wave is reporting on housing issues in that region, thanks to a coalition of funders.
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Communities in the national spotlight

Monday, November 25, 2024
Two IMG publications react with positive stories after their communities -- Springfield, Ohio, and Tampa, Florida -- find themselves in the national spotlight.
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A place to call home

Monday, November 25, 2024
Here's a handful of stories about homes from Issue Media Group publications that touch on a variety of issues. They include everything from creating stable communities to innovative designs and construction.   
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Middletown drives its own narrative

Monday, October 28, 2024
As the newest Partner City of Soapbox Cincinnati, Middletown is showing how a community can shift from being talked about to speaking for itself through solutions-oriented reporting.
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Metromode’s Metropolitan Mosaic

Monday, October 28, 2024
Southeast Michigan is a rich tapestry of communities with stories waiting to be told. Here’s how we’re working with four distinct Partner Cities to lift up their stories.
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Wabash welcomes all

Monday, October 28, 2024
Input Fort Wayne's partnership with Wabash County focuses on highlighting the talent, creativity, investment, innovation, and emerging assets shaping the future of Wabash County. 
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Michigan After School Partnership

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
This year IMG teamed up with the Michigan After School Partnership (MASP) to elevate youth perspectives on the value of after-school programs through our Voices of Youth program. MASP advocates for statewide access to quality and equitable after-school programs, to ensure that all children and youth succeed. The year-long series has included youth voices in multiple IMG communities, including Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave, Rapid Growth, and Concentrate.  Articles have focused on a wide range of after-school programs, including youth advisory councils, climate change events, and clubs focused on entrepreneurship. 
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Interact for Health

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
In Soapbox Cincinnati, the Amplifying Youth Voices series raises awareness about youth mental health by reporting on community-based solutions. Stories and videos feature youth-serving grantees plus medical, nonprofit, education and philanthropic leaders. Grantees empowered youth to create change through projects and experiences providing them a voice that was seen, heard, and valued during a fast-paced timeline to initiate solutions. Amplifying Youth Voices is a pilot program from Interact for Health, a foundation serving a 20-county region to advance health justice. More healthcare organizations are coming together to respond to this challenge, testing with solutions-based processes and gathering data to determine a wider 10-year strategy. Solutions journalism reporting is an ideal match to explain, in a clear-eyed way, how local people are working together to solve a shared problem. Read the Amplifying Youth Voices series here. 
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Freedom School

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
This summer, Concentrate hosted a special "Freedom School" edition of the Voices of Youth program in partnership with the Washtenaw Intermediate School District and Washtenaw My Brother's Keeper. Project Editor Aaron Foley and mentor Jaishree Drepaul worked with a group of about 10 young people in Ypsilanti twice a week for six weeks. The youth learned the basics of journalism, discussing how a newsroom works, how to construct a story, how to conduct interviews, and more. Participating youth were paid for completed work, which included a story and photography about video games' impact on young people and video of an interview the young people conducted.
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The Importance of Parks

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
IMG launched a new series highlighting how Southeast Michigan parks are an engine of exploration, education, and play for all.  Underscoring the importance of parks for everyone, the series is called Equity in Our Parks, and is published regularly in Model D, Metromode, and Concentrate!
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People, Parks, Power

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Historically, communities of color and low-income neighborhoods have not had equal access to green spaces. People, Parks, Power, a collaborative Partner Content series with The Conscious Connect, highlights people and organizations working to change that in Springfield, Ohio.
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Embracing Outdoor Recreation

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
IMG and our partners are not the only ones promoting the outdoors and nature. The Michigan Office of Outdoor Recreation is helping in that mission, supporting our efforts to write stories of innovation in the outdoor recreation industry.
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Sacred Earth

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Sacred Earth is a year-long series focused on the intersection of climate change, sustainability, earth care. Sponsored by the Fetzer Institute, the series encourages readers to examine how they view their home planet, their beliefs, and values and encourages them to use their eco-imagination to forge a stronger relationship with the earth.
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A Space for Nonprofits to Share Their Stories

Friday, May 31, 2024
In partnership with the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Co.Act Detroit, we launched the Nonprofit Journal Project in 2020. The series was designed to lift up the voices of nonprofits.
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How Health Nonprofits are Weathering Workforce Challenges

Friday, May 31, 2024
The Nonprofit Journal Project has evolved to highlight various points of focus, and most recently we partnered with the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to shine a spotlight on health nonprofits working to solve workforce shortages and related challenges.
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United for Good

Friday, May 31, 2024
Route demonstrates its role in fulfilling the United Way mission with a tag, United for Good.
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Meals on Wheels

Friday, May 31, 2024
One of the most pressing issues facing Memphis is food insecurity among seniors.  To shed light on this issue and offer possible solutions, IMG’s High Ground has partnered with the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA).
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