The December Gothic Funk Salon shines a spotlight on the needs and contributions of our thriving local independent journalist outlets.
$10 recommended donation includes entry in a raffle.
FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS:
EVM is a community news magazine founded in July 1976 which publishes information about neighborhood preservation and improvement issues for about 15,000 readers in the Flint area. It is published by the Village Information Center, Inc., a 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation, on the second Saturday of each month.
Magazines are distributed by volunteers in Flint neighborhoods. It is currently distributed in the downtown, Central Park, Fairfield, College Cultural, Carriage Town and Mott Park areas. Any neighborhood can receive the magazine if a resident is willing to distribute it.
The magazine also is distributed in bulk at government buildings, businesses, office buildings, churches and local educational institutions.
The EVM website, eastvillagemagazine.org, includes the content of the current issue plus other articles, news releases, poetry, essays, fiction and links to public officials, local nonprofit groups and other sites of interest. It gets about 4,000 hits a month on the home page and about 40,000 hits a month on individual stories.
The magazine is produced by volunteer staff members who spend more than 500 hours each issue researching, writing and editing the articles, selling the advertising space, doing clerical work, and distributing the magazine.
The Village Information Center, Inc. provides community journalism training programs at no cost to participants.
Financial contributions are welcome and tax-deductible. Please make checks out to the Village Information Center, Inc. and send to the address listed on our letterhead or use our PayPal account.
Flint Beat was launched by veteran journalist Jiquanda Johnson in 2017 to fill news gaps in an underserved community after Flint, Mich. residents said they needed more from their news coverage. Before our launch, community members said they were tired of seeing news filled with only crime, sports, and Flint’s ongoing water crisis. There was and is much more to Flint than that. Our parent company Brown Impact Media Group, spearheaded by Johnson, is focused on developing news products in underserved and marginalized communities starting with Flint.
Since Flint Beat debuted March 13, 2017, they have taken the lead as a news platform for the Flint community to be heard. Flint residents are not voiceless. They have a voice, Flint Beat is here to give them an opportunity to share that voice and to empower, impact and inform the community we serve.
Flint. Daily. is a local news publication and Michigan Press Association member that highlights the people, talents, neighborhoods, history, triumphs, and challenges that shape our community.
Flint. Daily. was founded by Patrick Hayes, a Flint resident and journalist who has covered the city since 2006. Hayes and his family live on Flint’s eastside. Follow him on Instagram and Bluesky.
Jenifer Veloso, a Flint native and eastside resident, contributes photos and writing to the publication. Follow more of her work on Instagram.
The site’s masthead and artwork were created by Oliver Hayes. He’s a young artist in the Portfolio Development Program at the Flint Institute of Arts. Find more of his work on Instagram.
The city of Flint was — and is — integral to the development of the United States as we know it. Some of the most influential inventors, leaders, artists, educators, athletes, entertainers, entrepreneurs, and thinkers were born right here in Flint. That spirit of creativity truly exists and continues to expand to this day.
Our job at Flintside is to authentically tell those stories — to center the people who embody the talent, hustle, culture, and resilience that make Flint one of the strongest, closest-knit, and enduring communities anywhere. We specialize in neighborhood-level journalism — stories told by Flint people about Flint people.
Flintside’s ambitious role is to tell the unending supply of stories about the inspirational people here who make our neighborhoods better, our business community prosperous, our education institutions thrive, and our city shine.
Please share story suggestions with us at editor@flintside.com and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, which is distributed every Wednesday.
Flintside is an award-winning weekly online news magazine published by Issue Media Group. Our first issue was published on March 3, 2017. Our news coverage is supported by generous community partners, who underwrite coverage of topic areas that include business and entrepreneurship, education, neighborhoods, public health, arts and culture, and recreation.
Our current funders are: The Ruth Mott Foundation; The Community Foundation of Greater Flint; 100K Ideas, Hamilton Community Health Network; Genesee County Parks; The United Way of Genesee County; Genesee Intermediate School District; the Flint Institute of Arts, and the Flint & Genesee Group.
Underwriters help support our mission, but do not influence coverage — our staff maintains editorial independence. If you are a potential funder or partner interested in supporting our work and mission, please email editor@flintside.com.
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