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Staff news! 🤩

We’re so excited to announce Nichole Christian as our new managing editor at Outlier Media. The North End-raised alum of Mumford High and Wayne State is eager to guide daily coverage and flex her curiosity in service of Detroiters.

Drop a 💛 to help us give Nichole a warm welcome!
Nichole Christian named managing editor at Outlier Media
Nichole Christian will help guide daily coverage and support professional development at Outlier Media.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
right now, i’m Disabled without insurance because of a MASSIVE screw up on the part of @bcbsm.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I am so excited to learn from this amazing group of individuals — what an opportunity! ✍🏼
🚀 We’re excited to welcome a new cohort to the News Product Management Certification #NPMC, a 3.5-month interactive program created in partnership with @newmarkjplus.bsky.social to strengthen product thinking in news!
February 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i try not to get too philosophical about being Disabled anymore bc it feels pointless and a bit sisyphean at its core but i sent myself into an extreme pain flare by sitting in a plastic chair for six hrs for a work meeting yesterday and it reminded me that these modern spaces where
February 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
in a facetime with my sister last night i said “i don’t wanna sound dramatic but… documenters might just save america”
🗣️ Last call for tonight’s Detroit Documenters Orientation!

Want to get paid to attend and document local government meetings? This training is required to start earning.

📅 Tonight at 6 PM (via Zoom)

Next chance won’t be until May. Register now: ⬇️
detroit.documenters.org/workshops/de...
Detroit Documenters Orientation
February 06, 2025 | This training will introduce you to the Detroit Documenters community. Find out how we help build the public record by paying people to attend local government meetings and take no...
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February 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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This is a genocidal war crime endorsed by the president of the United States
COLLINS: Where exactly are you suggesting Gazans should go? Who do you envision living there?

TRUMP: I envision world people living there. The world's people. I think you'll make that into an international, unbelievable place.
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
my goal for the next four years: be ✨POSITIVE✨ because detroiters deserve to be uplifted
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
when I was in middle school — aged 12 — I asked my teacher why we didn't just take over canada. she replied "why would we" which was enough for me to understand that we did not, indeed, need to colonize any other nation. I was 12.
February 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Foreign investors are buying pieces of rental homes for $50. What could possibly go wrong?

For tenants? Everything. Ignored repairs, unresponsive management, eviction letters, you name it.

And yes, it’s happening here in Detroit. outliermedia.org/crypto-real-...
The real estate scheme gobbling up Detroit, one digital token at a time
RealT sells pieces of hundreds of Detroit rentals, often in cryptocurrency, to overseas investors. Tenants are the guinea pigs.
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February 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Black Bottom was THAT neighborhood ✨
February 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
this was technically my pick — what's yours? see my cop out second choice answer in the replies to the original post lol
We're ready for a restful weekend, but we had a question: If you could archive an iconic Detroit location that has closed, which would you choose? 🤔

Our pick: Paradise Theater! It once hosted renowned jazz entertainers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

What's yours? Tell us below ⤵️
digital.blackbottomarchives.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
my answer is (one of) my own chronic illness(es) and one I know loads of you struggle with: hidradenitis suppurativa. thank god for Iltefat Hamzavi 🫶🏼
Happy Monday, Bluesky!

We recently talked to Detroiters with sickle cell disease about their struggles. (Read here: outliermedia.org/sickle-cell-...)

We're curious: What other chronic illnesses feel underreported in Detroit? What #publichealth stories would you like to see? Tell us ⬇️
Sickle Cell: What the Cure Doesn't Fix · Outlier Media
In “What the Cure Doesn’t Fix” meet sickle cell "warriors" in Detroit, advocating for basic care in the wake of new gene editing techniques.
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January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
is this thing on? 🎤🤏🏼
January 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM