Bre'Anna Tinsley

4 days ago | wdet.org | Bre'Anna Tinsley

Detroit residents will be voting for a new Mayor this year, and one Michigan State University Professor has some ideas on how the winner can improve support for neighborhoods during their term. Deyanira Nevárez Martínez is an associate professor of urban and regional planning at MSU. She recently wrote an article for The Conversation outlining where Detroit needs the most work. She says there needs to be a focus on ensuring new growth in the city does not displace legacy residents.

5 days ago | wdet.org | Bre'Anna Tinsley

Detroit Fire plans nurse triage program to ease ambulance demandThe Detroit Fire Department hopes its new “Nurse Navigation” program will help reduce response times. Instead of dispatching an ambulance for minor calls, a third-party service would connect those calls to certified nurses via telehealth. The department handled 158,000 medical runs last year, with 40% classified as Code Threes — less serious calls.

1 week ago | wdet.org | Nargis Rahman |Bre'Anna Tinsley

On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we listen to the last story in WDET reporter Nargis Rahman’s series Shustho. The four-part series explores the barriers Bangladeshi women face in accessing high-quality health care, and efforts to bridge those gaps. Michigan is home to the third largest population of Bangladeshis in the U.S., most living in the metro Detroit area.

1 week ago | wdet.org | Bre'Anna Tinsley

In this episode of The Detroit Evening Report, we cover Detroit parks national ranking, Sister Pie temporarily closing, community milestones, and hepatitis screening and vaccines. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Detroit climbs to 58th in national park ranking, praised for access and equityDetroit parks ranked 58 on the Trust for Public Land’s 2025 Parkscore Index. That’s up from the 65 spot the city held last year.

2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Bre'Anna Tinsley

A recent survey from a Detroit researcher has revealed that Black women disproportionately experience evictions in the city. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, a social epidemiologist at Ohio State University — and native Detroiter — surveyed nearly 1,500 Black women in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties for the Social Epidemiology to Combat Unjust Residential Evictions (SECURE) Study.