Orlando Bailey's Newsroom is Accountable to its Readers

You can’t shape your neighborhood if you don’t know what’s happening to it. In this episode, co-hosts Tracey Pearson and Jamie Bennett talk to Orlando Bailey about how he runs a newsroom to build infrastructure for neighborhood power.They discuss:*Outlier Media’s innovative reader engagement and lead generating strategies like TXT OUTLIER and Detroit Documenters.*How Outlier has created an information ecosystem where residents can access the facts they need to navigate complex systems — from property tax appeals to housing assistance to understanding what decisions are being made at City Council. *How information becomes infrastructure, and that journalism designed to serve (rather than extract from) communities becomes a tool for neighborhood self-determination.Orlando Bailey is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and lifelong Detroiter raised on the city’s east side. Before joining Outlier, he served as Engagement Director at BridgeDetroit and as Chief Development Officer for the Eastside Community Network. Learn more:About Kresge: https://kresge.org/pathbreakers-podcast/About Outlier: https://outliermedia.org/Detroit Documentors: https://outliermedia.org/detroit-documenters/TXT Outlier: https://outliermedia.org/txt-outlier/The Speculators of Detroit: https://outliermedia.org/detroit-speculators-property-speculation/This episode is part of the Detroit arc of PathBreakers Season 2, “Building Neighborhoods of Opportunity.” The arc explores how Detroit neighborhoods are forging their own pathways to opportunity — through information access, place-based economic revitalization and community organizing. Stay tuned for conversations with:Caitlin Murphy, Live6 Alliance — place-based commercial corridor revitalization in Northwest DetroitSimone Sagovac, Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition — securing community benefits from a $6 billion international bridgeCREDITS:Hosts: Tracey Pearson and Jamie BennettProducer: Juliet HinelyManaging Editor: Krista JahnkeShow Art: Alejandro HerreraPathBreakers is produced by the Kresge Foundation, founded in 1924 with a mission to promote human progress.