The highly invasive Giant African Snail can pass on meningitis and destroy ecosystems.
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 inArts & Culture, Civic and Community Information, Uncategorized
Detroit’s Baobab Fare wins Food Network’s Chopped
Co-owners Hamissi Mamba and his wife, Nadia Nijimbere, are refugees who came to the United States seeking asylum a decade ago.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroit ‘Cop City’ rally held in solidarity with Atlanta environmental defenders
The “Stop Cop City” movement has spread across the country after an environmental protester defending a Georgia forest was killed by state police.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
DTE seeks another rate increase citing inflation, material costs
The utility company wants to up its revenues by $622 million, a nearly 14% residential increase. If approved, it would raise the average customer’s bill by $12.46 per month.
Posted inEnvironment
Detroit expects more extreme heat, flooding amid climate change
This winter is one of the top 10 warmest in Detroit’s history
Posted inArts & Culture
Environmental remake of ‘Swan Lake’ to hit Detroit Opera House
The retelling of the iconic ballet will incorporate contemporary themes and prompt questions about the degradation of our environment.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Tickets piling up for illegal concrete storage operation in Core City
Residents demand more action after company continues to store concrete and dirt mounds on Lawton despite a permit denial from the city.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Amid electrician shortage, Detroit union has long waiting list
IBEW Local 58 in Detroit has trained electricians on installing electric vehicle charging stations for more than a decade and has been waiting for the infrastructure, companies, and the government to catch up.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘Taste the Diaspora’ highlights Black food as resistance
The Black History Month event focuses on the role of food in the fight for Black liberation.
Posted inJobs & Economic Development
Hantz tree farm falls short on solving east side blight
John Hantz acquired cheap swaths of land on the east side with plans for an urban tree farm. Neighbors say the wealthy entrepreneur has fallen short but operates under a special deal not afforded to residents.