I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The American Independent News Network
Michigan Messenger belongs to a network of state-based online news sites founded by the American Independent News Network.
Michigan Messenger receives funding from the American Independent News Network (AINN), a not-for-profit organization. With independent outlets operating in five states and the District of Columbia, AINN fosters diversity in the local and national debate by training people on the use of communications technologies, such as the Internet, as an alternative publishing and distribution system to traditional broadcast and print media.
The Michigan program launched in September, 2007; its work has been cited by other state, local and national media outlets and influenced public policy in Michigan. Reporter Earth Jane Melzer was awarded an Honorable Mention by the National Press Club for the Hume Award in 2008, for excellence in political journalism.
The American Independent News Network operates seven other sites besides Michigan Messenger: the Colorado Independent, Florida Independent, Iowa Independent, Minnesota Independent, New Mexico Independent, Texas Independent, and American Independent, our national news bureau based in Washington, D.C.
These programs seek to emphasize the importance of citizen-driven journalism as a critical founding principle of our nation, the positive role of democratically elected government in securing the common good and social welfare, and the continuing benefits of our founding culture of egalitarian government by the people, for the people.
Our Readership
Since 2006, 39.7 million people have viewed the AINN sites. Our reporters’ stories were cited in newspapers 1,728 times, reaching millions of additional readers through their local media. Our reporters went on TV and radio 930 times, reaching millions more through broadcast media with important messages on the key issues in their states, such as immigration, education, health care, national security, civil rights and liberties, and state budgetary priorities. Cumulatively, since our launch five years ago, the reporters have generated over 960.4 million impressions on TV, radio, and newspapers.
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