The intern will also work with members of our editorial team to produce visual content within our coverage areas, which include housing, utilities, transportation, local government, policing, development, arts, culture and community. Summer Internship Alert: Outlier Media is hiring a photojournalist · Outlier Media

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says the city repaired 400,000 broken sidewalk slabs in the last six years, but issues still abound. Frustrated with Detroit sidewalks? You’re not alone · Outlier Media

Property owners are usually responsible for sidewalk repairs, but the City of Detroit may pay for repairs when damage is caused by a tree. How to get your sidewalk repaired in Detroit  · Outlier Media

NFL draft week is upon us! We’re here to help cut through the noise so you can go straight to the fun. NFL draft, Sneaker Con and more Detroit events this weekend · Outlier Media

Bee Davis did what many Detroiters would do after catching a whiff of rotten eggs outside her front door in late March: She called DTE Energy to report a gas leak. Smell something bad in Detroit? Call this number · Outlier Media

Outlier Media is hiring a creative and dedicated audience and engagement manager to expand and engage Outlier’s audience in Detroit. Outlier Media · Hiring: Audience manager in Detroit

Detroit Housing Commission’s next CEO faces a daunting to-do list to fix what employees describe as a broken workplace culture. Outlier Media · Panic attacks, dread and burnout: DHC staffers are barely hanging on

GM’s eventual move to the Hudson’s skyscraper remained the big story from this past week. Will Detroit benefit financially from the deal? Outlier Media · The Dirt: GM and Bedrock play the downtown shell game

They won’t give you a jump scare, but Detroit’s ghost signs have an eerie quality nonetheless. Outlier Media · One good ad: The ghostly signs of Detroit’s past

On Thursday, the board voted to publicly interview three top candidates. But hanging over the meeting was news of a lawsuit filed by former staffer Melanie White. Outlier Media · BOPC Watch: Board inches closer to filling secretary position; former staffer sues for wrongful termination

The City of Detroit is preparing for what has been billed as “the largest and most inclusive sporting event the state of Michigan has ever hosted” or, as most of us know it, the NFL draft. When hundreds of thousands of anticipated guests come to town, our region’s lack of public transportation stands out. Outlier Media · What transit lessons did Detroit learn from the ‘06 Super Bowl to prepare for NFL draft

One of her focuses is on joyful Black childhood experiences: children playing hopscotch outside, running through sprinklers and twirling hula hoops around their necks. Mothers and grandmothers doing hair in the kitchen, hot comb on the stove. Outlier Media · Children’s book illustrator DeAnn Wiley puts culture and passion at the forefront of her art 

Celebrations are in the air this week, Detroit.  First things first: Your favorite local news service (that’s Outlier, silly 💛) is turning 8. If that’s not enough, keep reading for cannabis-related 420 events, artsy plans at local galleries and opportunities to roll up your sleeves for Earth Day cleanups. Spring is looking good in this […] Outlier Media · Hot Chocolate Run, Earth Day cleanups and more events in Detroit

Detroiters demand funding for Right to Counsel programs and the Office of Disability Affairs — and more we heard at local public meetings. Outlier Media · Detroit’s master plan kick-off, Core City downzoning and more local government updates 

The historic riverfront venue was a staple of the city’s music scene in the ’60s and ’70s, hosting lavish events and concerts for hugely famous musicians: The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Elton John and Tony Bennett. Outlier Media · One good building: Roostertail, once a staple of Detroit’s music scene, featured on reality show 

The Hudson’s site project reached its final height, got an official name and secured a major tenant. Outlier Media · The Dirt: GM moving from RenCen to Hudson’s

After Sandra Henriquez’s five-year tenure, the city’s public housing agency is underperforming across many key areas, especially management of its programs that provide thousands of affordable units to largely low-income households. Outlier Media · After five years and failing grades, Detroit Housing Commission head retiring

When transit gaps lead to gaps in social connection, they become a public health problem, fueling what the U.S. surgeon general calls an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation.” Outlier Media · How Detroit’s transportation gaps fuel loneliness 

Whether you crowded around the solar telescopes set out for public use on Wayne State’s campus, took in the partial eclipse from Belle Isle, or braved the traffic on I-75 to catch the whole enchilada, you could be sure you weren’t alone. Outlier Media · How the eclipse helped Detroiters connect with each other

Outlier Media is hosting a State of the City Watch Party on April 17, the Freep Film Festival is here and more events in Detroit this week. Outlier Media · State of the City Watch Party, Freep Film Festival and more things to do in Detroit