BridgeDetroit’s Bryce Huffman reviews his 2021 reporting, which started with understanding residents’ priorities and closed with a renewed focus on hyperlocal journalism.
Bryce Huffman
Bryce Huffman is BridgeDetroit's Engagement Editor. He was a part of the original BridgeDetroit newsroom when it launched back in 2020. Before that he was a reporter and podcast host for Michigan Public (formerly Michigan Radio). Bryce is also a screenwriter/filmmaker and a poet. When he's not working, he is watching or talking about movies or watching one of his favorite Detroit sports teams.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
How Detroit’s community benefits process is failing east side residents
Detroiters living near the Stellantis plant on the city’s east side say the community benefit process must be strengthened to provide environmental protections.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroit Police Commissioner Martin Jones dies at 58
Martin Jones, vice chairman of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, died Thursday, according to BOPC staff. Jones had served on the board since July 2020, when Mayor Mike Duggan appointed him to the role. He was 58.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroit plans 3 more streetscape projects for Corktown, West and East Warren
The City is planning to upgrade three more streetscapes across Detroit by making them more pedestrian-friendly and smoothing access to the city’s commercial corridors.
Posted inTransportation
Deadline to avoid penalty for driving without insurance is Dec. 31
Mayor Mike Duggan urged Detroit drivers who don’t have auto insurance to get coverage by the end of the year — or risk paying a whole lot more.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Here are 3 Detroit businesses to support this holiday season
Black Friday and Small Business Saturday kick off the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Here are a few Detroit-based businesses to support and other resources to help you shop locally.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroit’s ‘hustling’ spirit is alive and well on 6 Mile
Operating in a pandemic has been tough for Detroit entrepreneurs who have built a thriving Black business district in the Hubbell-Puritan neighborhood along McNichols.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Jamon Jordan, Detroit’s unofficial historian, is now its official one
The City of Detroit now has an official historian, and he says there are five essential facts everyone should know about one of the world’s most influential cities. Here they are.
Posted inEmergencies and Risks (COVID-19)
What Detroiters need to know about COVID boosters, third doses shots
Many Detroiters have an important choice when it comes to efforts to update COVID-19 vaccinations, and the City’s chief medical officer is determined to help sort things out for residents.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
City of Detroit seeks bids to save Ossian Sweet House, a Civil Rights landmark
The city of Detroit is asking developers to submit bids to rehab the Ossian Sweet House on the city’s east side – a Civil Rights landmark that commemorates one of the city’s most infamous racial hate attacks.