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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.
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In Detroit, coffee from the African diaspora
New roasters sharing the culture and customs of East African coffee.
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Meet the Black Detroiters leading the way in EVs
From manufacturing and installing EV charging stations to hiring workers of color, these Detoiters are paving the way for an equitable transition to EVs.
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Appeals court rules Highland Park must pay water debt
Michigan Court of Appeals rules that the City of Highland Park must pay $21 million in back debt from water and sewerage.
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Marrow gets $80K grant to expand into Eastern Market
West Village restaurant and butcher shop gets state grant from program that seeks to invest in Michigan’s food and agriculture sector.
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Can the police and public coexist at Rouge Park?
Some residents, activists, and conservationists want Detroit police to stop using Rouge Park as a training ground
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A new Black-woman led business is flash freezing Detroit produce
In the Mix is eliminating food waste and preserving the effort of Black farmers by freezing broccoli, collards and other vegetables.
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EV chargers in Detroit go where ‘money is,’ leaving Black neighborhoods out
Michigan’s EV charging infrastructure is distributed unevenly. In Detroit, charging stations are clustered downtown and in Midtown — areas with larger numbers of white residents.
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A Detroit zine explores the impact of clothing on our environment
Through art, the fourth issue of Clearline looks at what we wear and how it’s tied to carbon emissions and climate change.
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Some Detroiters can’t get answers on sewer insurance plan
Some Detroiters are frustrated with the American Water Resources sewer and water line insurance, citing unresponsive customer service.