BridgeDetroit is a newsroom on a mission! Since 2020, we have been on a journey to hear Detroiters tell us what their top priorities are so that we can tailor our journalism to provide information, solutions, and accountability in accordance with those priorities. We continue to be in iterative conversations with residents about their Detroit experiences to inform the build out of our living Community Priorities Model.

BridgeDetroit operates on a Community Priorities Model that continually engages Detroiters to identify and prioritize the issues that challenge their understanding of and connection to vital civic information.

To do this, BridgeDetroit – under the oversight of an engagement editor – seeks continuous information from a number of sources (e.g., surveys, polling, publicly available data, social media) and uses this feedback to determine the coverage areas and specific topics reporters will cover and the best ways to reach residents and engage with them across the city.

BridgeDetroit’s ongoing in-person and digital engagement activities with Detroiters will also be determined according to the results of the Community Priorities Model and the journalism it produces.

Our nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom focuses on the following areas with a goal of helping Detroiters “to live safe and healthy lives; have full access to educational, employment, and business opportunities; and to fully participate in the civic and democratic lives of their communities should they choose.” The categories are:

BridgeDetroit works with a number of media and community partners to serve our mission. See those partners here.