To mitigate the environmental impact of the draft on Detroit, the league planted 44 trees in the city and thousands across state forests.
Jena Brooker
Jena is BridgeDetroit's environmental reporter, covering everything from food and agricultural to pollution to climate change.
She was a 2022 Data Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism where she produced award-winning coverage on the automotive industry in Detroit and environmental racism. She was also a Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellow in 2022 through CASW, AHCJ, and SEJ. Before joining BridgeDetroit she covered environmental issues across the Midwest as a Reporting Fellow for the national online news platform Grist Magazine.
Jena has a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies from the University of Michigan. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, Grist, Next City, Chalkbeat, Planet Detroit, and others.
Posted inJB's Bites
JB’s Bites: Plastics on your plate
BridgeDetroit reporter Jena Brooker talked with several local artists that collect plastic waste and reuse it to create works of art.
Posted inArts & Culture, Environment
Waste Reimagined: Artists turn trash into art
Artists are using trash from Detroit’s waterways to educate and inspire people around climate change and pollution.
Posted inJB's Bites
JB’s Bites: Plants & more for your garden
BridgeDetroit food writer Jena Brooker has some tips for getting started on this year’s garden, including workshops, seeds and supplies.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
BZA upholds denial of concrete crushing expansion in Detroit community
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of attorney Michael Wais’ name. A city zoning board has shut down a controversial plan to expand and intensify concrete crushing in the Schoolcraft Southfield neighborhood. Following a lengthy hearing on Monday, Dino-Mite Crushing and Recycling owner Green Valley Properties was denied an appeal […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Civic and Community Information
This Tax Day, more Detroiters will be filing single than any other big city
Three out of every four Detroiters say they are unmarried and more than half have never been married, according to Census data.
Posted inArts & Culture
Maty’s African Cuisine doubling size with new building
After several years the restaurant owner has secured the adjoining building to the existing location on W. Grand River.
Posted inJB's Bites
JB’s Bites: Big plans for Senegalese restaurant in northwest Detroit
BridgeDetroit’s Jena Brooker has some news about an “underrated” eatery in northwest Detroit, plus other food news and pop-ups.
Posted inArts & Culture, Civic and Community Information
Pong Detroit creating an inclusive, active social club
Discovering the ping pong warehouse in Detroit’s Eastern Market district.
Posted inJB's Bites
JB’s Bites: Make food, not waste
BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker writes about a community feast aimed at making use of leftovers that would have otherwise gone to a landfill.