A J Johnson

Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Reporter and Detroit Documenter at Freelance

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Detroit DAH budget hearing for 2025-2026

Mar 24, 2025 | outliermedia.org | A J Johnson

Copublished with BridgeDetroit. Detroit City Council is holding 46 hearings this month as part of its annual budgeting process. Outlier Media has teamed with Detroit Documenters and BridgeDetroit to cover all of them. Department of Appeals and HearingsHearing date: March 19Proposed budget: $1,904,651Number of employees: 16Text BUDGET to 67485 and we’ll look into it.** Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies based on your usage. Text HELP for help or STOP to cancel.
Meet this month’s featured Detroit Documenter

Nov 12, 2024 | outliermedia.org | A J Johnson

The Detroit Documenters network trains and pays residents to attend public meetings and monitor elected officials, in collaboration with journalists. Hundreds of Documenters are active in the network, bringing more transparency to government through their meeting notes, live coverage and civic participation. Soon after she moved to Detroit, eager to get involved in her new city, Caitlin Santer signed up to become a Detroit Documenter in August.
Neighborhood Reporting Lab Archives

Nov 2, 2024 | planetdetroit.org | Estefania Arellano-Bermudez |Ambirr Momon |A J Johnson |Meghan Rutigliano

Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab Diana Rocco, a Head Start worker in Riverview, Michigan, plans to vote in the election, focusing on human rights, climate change, and food safety.
Metro Detroit teen entrepreneur creates sustainable period product brand to reduce waste

Oct 2, 2024 | planetdetroit.org | A J Johnson

This story is from Planet Detroit’s Neighborhood Reporting Lab, where community reporters write about health and climate issues in their neighborhood. Neighborhood Reporting Lab is supported by the Americana and Kresge Foundations. In 2016, Saanvi Kalia, then nine years old, attended a science camp at Schoolcraft College. The experience opened her eyes to deforestation, global warming, and other ecological topics.
2024 Tow Rate Commission — IN-PERSON ONLY | Documenters.org

Aug 21, 2024 | documenters.org | A J Johnson

Criminal Justice Politics 2 Woodward Ave Detroit, MI 48226 (Directions) Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAYMC), Suite 310 See source website below for flyer with a description of this commission. This is our first time documenting this agency.
OPINION: Detroit’s fugitive dust ordinance won’t protect residents

Aug 13, 2024 | myumi.ch | A J Johnson |Planet Detroit

This perspective on the fugitive dust ordinance is from Planet Detroit’s Neighborhood Reporting Lab, where community reporters write about health and climate issues in their neighborhood. Neighborhood Reporting Lab is supported by the Americana and Kresge Foundations. I was born in Detroit and have lived and owned a home in Detroit’s Hubbard-Richard neighborhood for my entire adult life. When I moved here in 1999, the community was a mix of severe blight, vacant lots and hope.
OPINION: Detroit’s fugitive dust ordinance won’t protect residents

Aug 13, 2024 | planetdetroit.org | A J Johnson

This perspective on the fugitive dust ordinance is from Planet Detroit’s Neighborhood Reporting Lab, where community reporters write about health and climate issues in their neighborhood. Neighborhood Reporting Lab is supported by the Americana and Kresge Foundations. I was born in Detroit and have lived and owned a home in Detroit’s Hubbard-Richard neighborhood for my entire adult life. When I moved here in 1999, the community was a mix of severe blight, vacant lots and hope.
This Detroiter crochets plastic bags into blankets for unhoused residents

Apr 23, 2024 | planetdetroit.org | A J Johnson

This story is from Planet Detroit’s Neighborhood Reporting Lab, where community reporters write about health and climate issues in their neighborhood. Neighborhood Reporting Lab is supported by the Americana and Kresge Foundations. Thomasenia Johnson first started making blankets out of plastic bags to help unhoused people stay warm at her church, Christ the Good Shepherd, in 2019. The church crafts class shut down amid the pandemic, but Johnson kept going.
Detroit resident crochets plastic bags into blankets for unhoused

Apr 23, 2024 | bridgedetroit.com | A J Johnson

This story is from Planet Detroit’s Neighborhood Reporting Lab, where community reporters write about health and climate issues in their neighborhood. Neighborhood Reporting Lab is supported by the Americana and Kresge Foundations. Thomasenia Johnson first started making blankets out of plastic bags to help unhoused people stay warm at her church, Christ the Good Shepherd, in 2019. The church crafts class shut down amid the pandemic, but Johnson kept going.
DWIHN, Full Board

Feb 20, 2024 | documenters.org | A J Johnson

The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network is compassionate and committed to the 75,000 children and adults it serves in Detroit and Wayne County. We understand the immense responsibility we have been given and we go above and beyond in supporting the people we serve and the hundreds of Providers in our System of Care.