Since a blockbuster Detroit News report found Detroiters had their property overassessed by a total of $600 million between 2010 and 2017, frustration has been palpable. Calls for restitution, always familiar, are more frequent and louder. Solutions put forth by city government – new payment plan options and a $250 million bond proposal to demolish […]
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Outlier Media Presents: Aaron Glantz
Aaron Glantz will visit the Detroit Public Library Main Branch to talk about his book and for a conversation about housing in Detroit moderated by Outlier Executive Editor, Sarah Alvarez.
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Visit & Learn at Outlier Media
Join us on Sept. 27 for a day of sharing and learning with Outlier Media. This event is hosted by Outlier Media and the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University through the Peer Learning + Collaboration Fund.
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Detroit Tax Foreclosure 101: What You Need to Know
The information in this guide is reported and verified with the help of thousands of Outlier users
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The way things have always been done does not the right way make: an essay for reporters
Our organization was founded to respond to people who have been historically ignored. We report on housing because 2-1-1 data says that’s the subject people call most about. We deliver our news product over SMS (yes, good old-fashioned, green bubble text messages) because 60% of Detroiters don’t have consistent access to internet. That’s our bread and butter.
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Choosing service over story: when reporting isn’t enough
By: Sarah Alvarez- Founder and Executive Editor, Outlier Media Edited by: Imani Mixon- Investigative Reporting Fellow, Outlier Media On Tuesday night when the temperature plunged to nine degrees and the wind chill to -10 degrees, Terry Montgomery was trying to heat his home on Tyler Street with a space heater. Montgomery was nervous the landlord […]
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What is an info gap and why is it bad?
Outlier is a different kind of news organization because we organize our work around filling information gaps. When there is a disconnect between what the news media covers and what people need to know in order to meet their goals day-to-day, that’s an information gap. It is the difference between, for example, a news story […]