Free Press talks to 50 Detroiters about the state of their city

Matthew Lewis | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 | Source: Detroit Free Press
In a sprawling, must-read series of 50 profiles, the Detroit Free Press did something news media often neglect to do when trying to make sense Detroit's many challenges: it talked to residents -- young and old; black, white, Arab and Latino; small business owners, executives, and blue collar workers; immigrants, natives, and transplants -- about the challenges they face on a day-to-day basis and the opportunities they see in spite of them.

"One year since the City of Detroit's bankruptcy ended. Two years after the state takeover. Nearly 60 years since the city began its painful decline. One year since it started the slow climb back up. What’s life like for the Detroiters who never left or those newly arrived?" asks Detroit's paper of record.

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Matthew Lewis is a writer and former managing editor of Model D. He's currently the communications officer for the New Economy Initiative. 

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