The Keel is a digital news magazine, and institution of the Blue Water Area focused on the dynamic communities, businesses, and residents of St. Clair County, Michigan. We cover what's next in entrepreneurship, creative culture, and urban development in and around the city, and are part of the Issue Media Group family.
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Meet The Keel team:
Genevieve Fox | Managing Editor
Harold Powell | Community Correspondent
Contributors:
Leslie Cieplechowicz
Riley Connell
Liz Fredendall
Gabrielle Haiderer
Andrea Harrington
Joseph Hayes
Rita MacDonald
Cynthia McClung
Kelli Rademacher
Sarah Spohn
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The Keel is published by Issue Media Group. 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.
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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.