Stories from the new economy: New Michigan Media

This video was created by our partner, the New Economy Initiative, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Model D Media. New Michigan Media launched with the goal of cataloging minority media outlets throughout Michigan in order to build a network that could bring minority concerns and issues to a broader audience, tear down restrictive silos, and create stronger voices for minority communities at policy discussions.. It had never been attempted.

Recently, the publishers of Southeast Michigan’s five largest ethnic and minority newspapers, whose combined circulation is greater than that of the Detroit News, have formed a collaborative under the banner of New Michigan Media to tell the story of immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship in the region.

NEI invested in New Michigan Media to help deepen the narrative, perception, and culture of entrepreneurship in Southeast Michigan. There are thousands of minority owned businesses in the region, and their stories need to be told. Through New Michigan Media, NEI invested in a one year program to fund three stories per month in the region’s five largest minority publications. As voices of their communities, these publications and their publishers have an unprecedented opportunity to work together to advance common goals and change the perception of minority entrepreneurship in Detroit.