Bridge Michigan

Bridge Michigan is a Michigan-based nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization founded in 2011 that focuses on public policy.[1] It is headquartered in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has offices in Detroit and Lansing.

Bridge Michigan
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish
OwnerCenter for Michigan
Founder(s)Philip Power, Kathy Power
CEOJohn Bebow
URLbridgemi.com
CommercialNo
LaunchedSeptember 2011 (2011-09)[1]
Current statusOnline

History

The Center for Michigan, founded by Philip and Kathy Power and a bipartisan steering committee, hired John Bebow as an investigative reporter in 2006.[1] For the 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election, the center created the Michigan Truth Squad and a year later, launch Bridge Magazine based on the existing Truth Squad.[1] By 2018, ProPublica began to partner with Bridge Michigan.[2] For the 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election, Bridge Michigan organized a Truth Squad to monitor the comments made by candidates at the time.[3][4] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, Bridge Michigan partnered with Detroit Free Press and Chalkbeat to track $6 billion of federal funding for education in Michigan.[5]

Reception

The Blade described Bridge Michigan as "a well-regarded online publication that covers state issues".[6] In 2017, Bridge Michigan and reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey were awarded during The Matrix Awards the "Vanguard Award" for Poison on Tap, that the Michigan Chronicle described as "the first comprehensive book about the Flint water crisis".[7]

In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Bridge Michigan won multiple awards, including the "Weekly/News Media Publication Class A Newspaper of the Year" as part of the Michigan Press Associations Better Newspaper awards.[8][9] For the 2018 MPA Better Newspaper, Bridge Michigan also won "The Best FOIA Story Award" for a report on how the Governor Rick Snyder's officials worked beside Enbridge lobbyists and employees to promote Enbridge Line 5 after reviewing emails revealed upon a Freedom of Information Act request.[8] In the 2021 MPA Better Newspaper Contest, Bridge Michigan won "The Best FOIA Story Award" for its reporting that law enforcement officials, specifically Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, attempted to assist Donald Trump with his attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.[10][11][12]

See also

References
  1. "10 Years of Bridge Michigan". Bridge Michigan. 2021.
  2. Varner, Jeremy B. Merrill, Ariana Tobin, Madeleine (2018-05-27). "What Facebook's new political ad system misses". Salon. ProPublica. Retrieved 2022-07-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Gray, Paul Egan and Kathleen. "Whitmer and Schuette trade blows in bare-knuckle Grand Rapids debate". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  4. Gray, Paul Egan and Kathleen. "Governor's race: History and voter energy favor Whitmer over Schuette". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  5. Levin, Koby. "How COVID-19 cash could help Michigan schools tackle a mental health crisis". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  6. Lessenberry, Jack (17 Mar 2022). "Michigan voters may get a 'bedsheet' ballot". The Blade. pp. A7.
  7. "Association for Women in Communications Detroit Chapter honors top professionals". Michigan Chronicle. 5 April 2017. p. C2.
  8. "2018 MPA Better Newspaper Contest" (PDF). Michigan Press Association. 31 January 2019.
  9. "Three-peat! Bridge Magazine earns Michigan Newspaper of the Year three years running". Bridge Michigan. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  10. "2021 MPA Better Newspaper Contest" (PDF). Michigan Press Association. 17 March 2022.
  11. "A Far Right Law Enforcement Movement Is Fueling The Effort To Infiltrate Voting Machines". Talking Points Memo. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  12. "Emails: Michigan sheriff sought to seize voting machines amid Trump claims". Bridge Michigan. Retrieved 2022-07-10.


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