Meet the Metromode team, and contact us here:
Kate Roff, Managing Editor
Kate is an
award-winning freelance writer and journalism educator. She is the managing editor of
Metromode and former editor of
Model D, and teaches at universities when she's not crafting your newsletters. You can reach out to her
here.
Mike Galbraith, News Editor
If the name sounds familiar you might recognize it from his byline in our sister
Urban Innovation Exchange publication. Galbraith has also contributed stories to the University Research Corridor, Workforce Intelligence Network, and Mode Shift. Galbraith is also a singer-songwriter who has performed in area coffee houses, pubs, and music venues, including the Lager House and the Old Miami. If you have a development news tip for Galbraith, drop him a line
here.
Contributors: Nina Ignaczak, Patrick Dunn, David Sands, Sarah Williams, Erin Marie Miller, Brianne Turczynski, Greg Tasker, Melinda Clynes, Sarah Gudenau, Blake Woodruff, Leah Olajide, Sierra Okoniewski, Layla McMurtrie, Genevieve Fox, Veronica Johnson
Photography: David Lewinski, Nick Hagen, Doug Coombe, Joe Powers, Steve Koss
Social Media: Chrishelle Griffin, Lauren Reid, Madeline Mason, Cayla Smith
Emeritus Editors:
Kate Roff, Nina Ignaczak
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Metromode is published by Issue Media Group (IMG). Incorporated in 2005 in Detroit, Michigan. IMG operates a national network of online media outlets leveraging the power of solutions-based journalism to report on community change. Our publications aim to connect readers to their communities' most visionary and innovative people, projects, businesses, and organizations — fostering civic capacity, improving understanding of key issues, amplifying underserved voices, and building community attachment during a time of local media decline.
We work with like-minded stakeholders across public, private, nonprofit, and grassroots organizations whose values and missions align with ours through an underwriting model of publishing. Our journalists connect with community stakeholders through regular listening sessions designed to build trust and shape authentic community stories.
IMG's work has been recognized and supported by leading journalism organizations nationally including INC Magazine, Knight Foundation, Columbia Journalism Review, Facebook, Lenfest Institute, Google, Solutions Journalism Network, Ground Source, and Society for Professional Journalists.
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Michigan Assets
Issue Media Group’s Michigan footprint of 18 local online community news sites is grounded in cross-sector stakeholder coalitions comprised of leadership in foundations, nonprofits, government and municipalities, education, community and economic development, health, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. Through regular community listening sessions, these leadership coalitions help guide relevant community-informed coverage, increase local audience engagement and ensure influential readership networks.
All Michigan content is published through a growing network of sites that include: Detroit’s
Model D, Grand Rapids
Rapid Growth, Metro Detroit’s
Metromode, Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti’s
Concentrate, Kalamazoo / Battle Creek’s
Second Wave Southwest, Flint’s
Flintside, Port Huron’s
The Keel,
Catalyst Midland,
Route Bay City,
Epicenter Mount Pleasant,
UPword in the Upper Peninsula, and
Rural Innovation Exchange covering Michigan's rural community. Every week,
Second Wave is published to a statewide audience featuring a listing of top stories from across IMG’s network of sites. Current Michigan assets include over 120 community partners, 80 journalists, 4.6 million annual readers, 280,000 emails, and 213,000 social media followers.
Detroit's Model D:
www.modeldmedia.com
Second Wave (statewide):
www.secondwavemedia.