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NPR series "Remaking Michigan, Retooling Detroit"

April 22, 2009 – 8:14 am

Planet Detroit by paulhitz
National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" is currently running a series titled "Remaking Michigan, Retooling Detroit" which explores Detroit's struggle to regain vitality in the face of seemingly insurmountable economic conditions. It shows that there is beacon of hope out there if approached with creative, innovative thought mixed thoroughly with a good dose [...]

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Michitwitter for April 2009

April 6, 2009 – 8:54 am

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Newspocalypse Now

March 26, 2009 – 2:00 pm

Extra! Extra! by E. Brow
The story earlier this week that the Ann Arbor News would be ceasing publication caught many by surprise. Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry (who also wrote an essay on newspapers last week) writes that he was shocked by the announcement:
Not downsizing, not going to Internet-only publication. Closing, as in, going out of [...]

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Michitwitter for March 2009

March 2, 2009 – 1:04 pm

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Michitwitter for February 2009

February 3, 2009 – 1:44 pm

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Rollercoaster Wednesday

January 7, 2009 – 10:45 am

MSU College of Human Medicine by Eridony
Going up
The New York Times reports that in the midst of the darkest economic times Michigan has seen in decades, the University of Michigan is spending billions to grow with nearly three million square feet new buildings for science, medicine, health, art, business, sports, food service and student housing [...]

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Michitwitter for January 2009

January 2, 2009 – 12:48 pm

Here are some news, comments and other stuff from January of 2009.
Photo: You with the camera, enough pictures!! by Daylily18

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Haters Thursday: America vs Detroit, fans vs Lions, Michigan vs the World?

December 11, 2008 – 12:13 pm

snow shovel by Latitude 45
The Ann Arbor Business Review asks where is America's love for Detroit? The answer, it seems, is not in the media:
We know the U.S. auto industry has been working through some issues for some time now, and we realize that Detroit isn't a national symbol for prosperity.
But come on.
The one thing [...]

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Takin' it easy Tuesday

December 9, 2008 – 11:41 am

The photo is Shall We? Let's Shall by photoshoparama and I think that about all I want to add is check out Michitwitter for all kinds of Michigan news nuggets.

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Tossed Together Tuesday: Vanishing newspapers, clueless media, Michigan love and an arkfull of rain

November 25, 2008 – 12:15 pm

Snowball Ready! by Odalaigh
11 AM already?? Who forgot to set the alarm?
Apparently the newspaper biz did, somewhere around 1997. The Center for Michigan's Phil Power writes that while they aren't shedding jobs at quite the pace of the auto industry, Michigan newspapers are having their own problems. As they shrink, he wonders Who will tell [...]

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