I hope you’re all enjoying the new formatting of Late Edition! The last thing I have to add is the new paid portion of the newsletter, which I’m intending to debut next week.

I’m also looking at launching a smartphone reporting class sometime this summer, and I’d like to gauge interest. I do most of my reporting with a smartphone and little else, even though I have more specialized tools. Even life-long journalists aren’t sure what reporting will look like ten years from now. Help decide what it will look like in your community by learning the ins and outs of the trade.

If you’re interested in learning how to report on the community around you, whether it be your township, your school, your neighborhood, or your church, —for Late Edition or elsewhere— drop me an email at me@joshuavissers.com. If there’s interest, we can cover some of the other, non-smartphone methods of reporting, too.

Keeping the “Front Page” short today, because the main feature is pretty hefty!

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New programs rising to meet K-12 mental health support needs

By Joshua Vissers, Late Edition

Finally launching this series! It will be long-running, so I absolutely encourage feedback and tips for the future installments I’m still working on.

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Houghton City Council tentatively approves triathlon proposal

By Joshua Vissers, Late Edition

The city council gave tentative approval for a proposal they were surprised with at Wednesday’s meeting. You can watch the proposal and see a copy of the proposed route on the article I sent out Thursday. It also includes short descriptions of and links to several other parts of the meeting.

Review the meeting

Other News (aggregated, not sponsored)

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

By the Associated Press

The trolls are working overtime this week, trying to convince people that the vaccines are toxic, confusing the sequence of events, and faking videos. Know the facts!

The Legend of the Singing Sand (Why Are Some Beaches Squeaky?)

By Alexis Dahl, YouTube

Alexis Dahl traveled to our “leg of the woods” to do some experimentation on the sands of Bete Grise. Alexis does a lot of these fun videos, but not usually up here!

Waterless - Lois Henry

By Winston Mwale, Collaborative Center for Investigative Journalism

This is not a local podcast, but I was featured in season 2 when I was reporting on the Coles Creek Road water outages last year. Now I’ve been helping produce season 3, which just debuted. You won’t hear me on the recording, because I’m handling the audio production. Just thought I’d slip it in here to share. I love this work because it gives me a chance to meet and learn from journalists all over the world. Winston, the host, works from Malawi in Africa, and we’ve talked with people working on four different continents already!

Local newsrooms can combat polarization, if only they have the margins

By Lauren Harris, Columbia Journalism Review

This probably more properly belongs on an Opinion page, but I haven’t launched one of those yet. After reading this article editorial, I think I will.

A snapshot in time; History of the Calumet buildings lost May 21

By Melissa Vennix, UP Matters

This is a very thorough description of the history of the buildings lost in the recent major Calumet fire. It also features the Keweenaw Time Traveler website.

For quadriplegic car crash survivors, July 1 could be start of second tragedy

By Tracy Samilton, Michigan Radio

This article (and audio story) focuses on problems with the recently-passed insurance reform bill, much like the story I did on motorcycle insurance earlier this year.

Conservation corridor planned for Michigan’s western UP

By the Associated Press

“The nonprofit Nature Conservancy said the 6,172-acre (2,497-hectare) Wilderness Lakes Reserve in the Michigamme Highlands area is being expanded by 4,854 acres (1,964 hectares) of forest and wetlands.”

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