City quiet on inspection reports for collapsed Eastern Market building.
Jena Brooker
Jena Brooker is BridgeDetroit's environmental reporter, covering food and agriculture, pollution and climate change. She has held three fellowships: a ProPublica fellowship, where she led an investigative project on heavy industry in Detroit neighborhoods; a Data Fellowship at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, where she produced award-winning coverage of Detroit's automotive industry and environmental racism; and a Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship through CASW, AHCJ and SEJ. Her work has also earned the Michigan Press Association public service award three years in a row and recognition as Young Journalist of the Year in 2023. Before joining BridgeDetroit, she covered environmental issues across the Midwest as a Reporting Fellow for Grist.
Jena holds a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from the University of Michigan, and her work has appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, Grist, Next City, Chalkbeat and Planet Detroit.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Emergency demolition ordered for collapsed Eastern Market building
Tenant claims concerns were raised about brick damage months before the Saturday collapse damaged cars and injured one person. Building owner says he wasn’t aware of any problems.
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Eastern Market building collapse sends bricks ‘down like rain’
The upper levels of the building tumbled down near Winder and Russell just before 11:40 a.m. Saturday, at least one person was taken away in an ambulance.
Posted inJB's Bites, Uncategorized
JB’s Bites: A cornerstone of Chinatown
BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker has an early look at soon-to-be-released “Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” and a chat with the author.
Posted inArts & Culture
Interview with Curtis Chin, author of ‘Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant
BridgeDetroit read an advanced copy of the book and sat down with Chin to learn more about his inspiration and his life.
Posted inArts & Culture
It’s the ‘Next Chapter’ for East English Village
Next Chapter Books has found a home at 16555 E. Warren after operating as a pop-up in the Alger Theater. A soft opening is set for next week and a coffee shop should open by fall.
Posted inEnvironment
Stellantis: ‘There was never a problem with the air’
The company seeks to assure the public the air is safe, despite more than 100 complaints to the state.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Duggan plans new urban agriculture director to support Detroit farmers
The position, to improve efforts to support city farm projects, is similar to others being created across the country.
Posted inJB's Bites
JB’s Bites: 22 new Detroit coffee shops
BridgeDetroit food reporter Jena Brooker shares a few up and comers in the Detroit coffee space, pop-ups events you won’t want to miss and more.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Eastsiders are fed up with Stellantis truck traffic. Street plan up for city approval might not help
A city authority will take another 60 days to consider a traffic plan eastsiders worry would increase trucks. They already see more than 450 trucks a day