Welcome, Nichole! We're excited to work with you. 💛

Woooot! Thanks to everyone who donated to our "Documenters on Duty" fundraiser. We hit our goal!!!! 🎉

almost halfway there! If you can help us continue to promote this fundraiser by reposting, it's SO appreciated

this is crazy! thank you to all who have already donated to support our work. here's the link again to contribute: outliermedia.donorsupport.co/-/XKUUACZX

HELP US RAISE $5,000 FOR DETROIT DOCUMENTERS! This week, NewsMatch and @citybureau.bsky.social are matching all funds donated to Detroit Documenters up to $5,000. Make a donation today and help us reach our goal💸$100 donation = $200 this week thru 9/22!! outliermedia.donorsupport.co/-/XKUUACZX

Food prices are already unaffordable for many Detroiters, and the issue is likely to get worse. So we set out with @detdocumenters.bsky.social to find the cheapest groceries in Detroit. Follow along to see what we found ⬇️ outliermedia.org/detroit-groc...

Earlier this year, crypto real estate company RealT got more than $100,000 in digital tokens for a home on Detroit’s eastside. Now, somebody else is selling it. It’s one of five cases where properties RealT “sold” to investors were subsequently listed on the traditional real estate market.

BREAKING: The City of Detroit is suing a cryptocurrency-based real estate company RealT for failing to maintain hundreds of rental properties across the city, following investigations by @outliermedia.org. outliermedia.org/realt-lawsui...

Ever wonder which Detroit mayoral candidate actually *gets* you? Wonder no longer. Take our Meet Your Mayor quiz and find out who aligns with your vision for the city. It’s nerdy, fun — and quicker than a million debates.

It's the end of an era 😢 — but our work continues!

Want to connect Detroit’s power players? Pitch a transit project? Get caffeinated and fight for property tax justice? From grant deadlines to coffee chats and network-wide Documenters events, the calendar is stacked. Now you just have to get involved!

Let's GOOOOOO!!! 💛

The right to life, liberty, generational wealth and property tax justice ... or whatever the founding fathers said. Detroit, there are workshops and events to get your pockets in order and show support this week. Plus, applications are due for a student poetry contest and summer employment.

What a wonderful writeup by @speppered.bsky.social on this project by @outliermedia.org, @detdocumenters.bsky.social and so many caring Detroiters. ❤️

Who wore it better, y'all? @randirossario.bsky.social or Orlando? 👀 😂 It's #OutlierDay! We're so excited to be NINE today! We’re trying to raise $9,000 in honor of our nine years providing information to Detroiters. Will you support us — for our birthday? 🥹 outliermedia.org/donate/

Happy #OutlierDay! As we celebrate nine years of @outliermedia.org, I'm reflecting on my path to joining the Outlier team. It all started with a public meeting and my first notetaking assignment as a Detroit Documenter — always available online, for free: 😊 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 Breaking: A bomb threat shut down Wayne County’s Greektown offices Monday afternoon. As a result, Treasurer Eric Sabree said the deadline to claim tax auction profits and pay tax debts has been extended to April 8. More info to come.

Mapping impact! 👏

#Detroit 3/17, 7 PM I live cover Highland Park City Council for #DETdocumenters @detdocumenters.bsky.social & @bridgedet313.bsky.social @chalkbeat.org @freep.com @metrotimes.com @michiganpublic.bsky.social @outliermedia.org @planetdetroit.org @wdet.bsky.social @wxyzdetroit.bsky.social

Hey y'all! I'm pretending to cover a Director's board of Directers meeting at 5pm for #DetDocumenters. This is post #1

never mind me. just testing a few things....

I love love love this project that @outliermedia.org @detdocumenters.bsky.social are working on to help Michigan residents access money they are owed from tax foreclosure outliermedia.org/txt-outlier/... Docs are calling THOUSANDS of residents to make sure they know they know what they're owed

Detroit Documenters just doing Detroit Documenter things 💛

ICYMI: Detroit Documenters' segment on The Metro moved to Mondays! Detroit Documenter Madeline Beck and Coordinator Noah Kincade joined @wdet.bsky.social to discuss a proposed cigar bar that's sparking debate at the DTW. 🎧: wdet.org/2025/02/17/t...

Still sitting with this: As a billionaire developer demands $250M in public funds to demolish a pair of privately-owned, shiny 39-story towers, two homeless children several blocks away freeze to death in a casino parking lot. Make it make sense, Detroit.

"I am excited to get to know people through documenting and to hear how different people are differently interpreting all this public information." Meet Benjamin Haddix, this month’s Featured Detroit Documenter. He’s using Documenters to better understand his city. outliermedia.org/benjamin-had...

ATTN Wayne County: Instead of wasting people's time and money, you could just post that the meeting is canceled. Instead it took three Documenters (one who was there in person), one Docs Coordinator, and two phone calls to Alisha Bell's office to learn we've wasted a huge chunk of our morning.

I really hope someone revives this legendary Kalamazoo bookshop and newsstand. One of my favorite independent businesses — the end of an era.

You know what feels good? Helping a neighbor claim $$thousands that are owed to them. Join us on Feb. 20!

Hello #Detroit ! I will be live reporting the Wayne County Commission meeting today at 10am for #DetroitDocumenters

Hey-yo! We're hosting a small training on live reporting, and are going to practice building a thread on Bluesky. @detdocumenters.bsky.social This is post #1

This story is nuts. Some revelatory reporting here from @amondry.bsky.social.

This is what public service looks like. It took people time and effort to produce this image, print it out, find enough banquet tables and roll out the paper with markers and post-its — all so residents could suggest changes to their neighborhood streets. Respect! @detdocumenters.bsky.social

Hey Bluesky! Ready for a week of public meetings? Documenters are covering: ✅ SE Michigan Council of Governments 🚗 Detroit Transportation Committee 🚨 Board of Police Commissioners 🚶 Detroit Public Works 🚌 Transportation Riders United 🧑‍💼 Detroit City Council Catch the notes: detroit.documenters.org

Detroit’s foreclosure crisis stole generational wealth from Black families. In her new book, legal scholar Bernadette Atuahene calls it “predatory governance.” How do you think cities should address the harm caused by foreclosure? Tell us in the comments ⬇️

"You should tell the world what the powers that be do" We DO! Our reporting is fact-checked by a collaborative of nine local newsrooms, and available to everyone for free. To date, we've published documentation of 1,289 Detroit meetings. View and search it all at detroit.documenters.org/reporting/.

🎉Woop woop! It's Detroit Documenters' first live reporting on @bsky.app. Let's goooooo!!!! ⤵️

Are you new to Lions fandom? Don’t worry — @bridgedet313.bsky.social's Bryce Huffman, a lifelong fan, has you covered with everything you need to know to dive into Detroit’s playoff season like a pro. 🦁 #OnePride #DetroitLions Get ready to tackle game day: outliermedia.org/detroit-lion...

Hey hey, Detroit. We're on Bluesky! 🎉 Follow us here for public meetings coverage, upcoming events and opportunities, and ways to get civically involved in the city we call home. Not familiar with Detroit Documenters? Click to learn more. ⤵️ outliermedia.org/detroit-docu...

*tap, tap* is this thing on? 👀 We're on Bluesky! What’s happening in Detroit today? 🚨 From new laws to minimum wage changes and school attendance incentives, we’ve got it all in our newsletter. Read it here: outliermedia.org/newsletter/n...