Clawson: One City Under a Pandemic, Stephen and Nolan Talk Civility in Politics and a look at ‘Sundown Towns’
Detroit PBS
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American Black Journal: Presidential Campaigns / Police Shootings / Chadwick Boseman
Our roundtable of communications consultants, political strategists and radio personalities take on the topics that everyone is talking about in the African American community.
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One Detroit: Student Reporting Labs / Covering Protests Against Police Brutality / Pandemic in Detroit / Detroit Jazz City
With the new school year approaching fast, what’s at the forefront of students’ minds? In collaboration with the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, DPTV’s One Detroit will have student reporters from four Detroit-area schools tell stories through video of what life is like at schools right now during COVID-19. Plus, covering protests of police brutality and Detroit Jazz City.
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One Detroit: Cranbrook Design Tours / Plowshares Theatre / Detroit Jazz Fest / The Wretched Movie
Cranbrook design tours, Detroit Jazz Fest during Covid and more.
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American Black Journal: Dying Before Their Time / Sundown Towns
A long-term study commissioned by the Detroit Area Agency on Aging shows the older population in Detroit and eight neighboring cities is dying at a rate 2.5 times higher than the rest of Michigan. Stephen Henderson talks with DAAA President & CEO Ronald Taylor about the report’s findings and ways to reduce the numbers. Plus, One Detroit’s Will Glover talks with BridgeDetroit reporter Bryce Huffman about his in-depth report on Michigan’s sundown towns, which were historically unwelcoming to African Americans.
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One Detroit: Nursing Homes / Republican National Convention / Pandemic Coordinated Response / High Cost of High Water
The Fight for Better Pay in Nursing Homes plus Nolan and Stephen on the RNC:
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American Black Journal: Racism as Public Health Crisis / Equity in the Arts
A discussion with Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom of Henry Ford Health System on racism’s impact on African-American health and what it takes to bring change. Plus, a conversation with Knight Foundation Detroit Program Director, Nate Wallace, on including more diversity in the arts. And, a new hip hop music video encourages people to wear masks during the pandemic.
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One Detroit: 2020 census / Community Policing / News Paywall / Sundown Towns
A Pandemic, the Census, and a Shortened Deadline
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One Detroit: Ralph Jones / Nicole Jarecz / Margaret Lioi / Carr Center & Co.act Detroit
Checking in on the Detroit art scene during the age of Covid.
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American Black Journal: Policing, the Community & Schools / Detroit Trinity International Film Festival
Stephen interviews Misha Stallworth and Sherry McRill about a program that supports both law enforcement and the community on emergency calls