New MI Media receives grant from New Economy Initiative...

Model D Media, 6/7

"NEI, IMG partner with New Michigan Media to profile Detroit's diversity"

by Jon Zemke

Issue Media Group is partnering with New Michigan Media to help tell the growing number of success stories of businesses started by minorities and immigrants in Metro Detroit. The new partnership, funded by the New Economy Initiative, will utilize content created by five of the largest ethnic-based publications in Michigan: Arab American News, Jewish News, Michigan Korean Weekly, The Latino Press and The Michigan Chronicle. "The project will remake the narrative of Detroit," says Hayg Oshagan, president of New Michigan Media and professor of communication at Wayne State University. "There is the general sense of the city in the region that is all doom and gloom. That's not true."

http://www.modeldmedia.com/startupnews/newmichiganmediadetroit060711.aspx

Crain's Detroit Business, The Sacramento Bee, 6/2

"New Economy Initiative enlists New Michigan Media and Issue Media to highlight ethnic, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs"

by Sherri Welch

The New Economy Initiative (NEI) has enlisted New Michigan Media and Issue Media Group LLC to highlight the impact that Southeast Michigan's ethnic, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs have on the region's economic revitalization. During a press conference yesterday at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference, the NEI said it is putting a $100,000 grant behind the effort. New Michigan Media is a network of ethnic and minority media organizations across Michigan. It was organized in 2006 by Hayg Oshagan, a professor in Wayne State University's Department of Communication.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110602/FREE/110609955

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/02/3672615/new-michigan-media-and-issue-media.html