Koby Levin

Covering science in Detroit for @media_outlier.

[Lily Altavena @lilyalta]

NEW: an investigation nearly two years in the making. At least two dozen schools in Michigan serve students with severe behavioral disabilities. A Free Press analysis of nearly 8,000 emergency dispatch records show these schools are leaning on police.
https://t.co/PJRTkeAHLr

[Orlando P. Bailey @orlandopbailey]

Our TXT OUTLIER system is working!

This story by @levin_koby came from a conversation within our SMS system that has yielded tangible results for Ms. Tamika Clark.

Read the story and check out TXT Outlier by texting "Detroit" to 67485. @media_outlier

https://t.co/kf25yOfRTY

[Lori Higgins @LoriAHiggins]

The latest in our continued reporting on chronic absenteeism, from @TheNomadicHeart.

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

@e_catolico Ty friendddd 😅🥹.

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

“He was cured. He was terrified.”

My latest: Six years symptom-free and still reckoning with the emotional toll of sickle cell disease.

https://t.co/qvJFcCYO8U

@media_outlier @SCDAAorg @SickleCellMI

[Outlier Media is on Bluesky @media_outlier]

A new investigation from us and @themarkup out today shows how 2019 auto insurance reforms did little to stop insurers from using where people live to set rates. https://t.co/TTr7ka0bIR

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

I am a very serious journalist and I'm told birds are real.

That said, humbly submitted @birdsarentreal

https://t.co/qQSzKBalQI

[Dave @DE_Gifford]

Today there are zero @kroger stores in Detroit. Guess how many Kroger stores were in Detroit in 1928 (pop. 1.4m)?

Would you believe me if I told you the number was about 600 Kroger stores? Its true. I mapped them out. @detroitography https://t.co/NIJ242n8Zq

[Outlier Media is on Bluesky @media_outlier]

Antoine Bryant gushed about a series of murals to promote the NFL draft. One month later, he apologized for the project.

How did Bryant go from thrilled to chastened? Emails obtained with @BridgeDet313 through public records requests tell the story:

https://t.co/EKPjay9nzT

[Jena Brooker @j_e_n_a_b]

The Morouns now own 160 parcels out of 215 in one Detroit neighborhood that used to be all residential.

In 2022, they illegally built a concrete plant across from residents. My latest 👇

https://t.co/CbonekZeQL

[Hayley Harding @Hayley__Harding]

I love Outlier — not only did they dig into what bad sidewalks mean for Detroiters, but they also provided a guide on how to report your own bad sidewalk that I'm using myself and sending to my neighbors. This is good community journalism!

[violeta ognianova ikonomova @violetikon]

My latest project, *now out from behind paywall,* finds 1/3 ppl shot and wounded by Detroit cops were either not charged or convicted of conduct for which they were shot.

Most were unarmed or shot in back while fleeing. Key police vid missing 1/2 the time https://t.co/H54cxcueyB

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

Streaming from Italy: the lowdown on @DetDocumenters

[Eater Detroit @EaterDetroit]

Chefs, home cooks, and restaurateurs are striving for a better tortilla by tapping into 3,000-plus years of tradition
https://t.co/8uImyXtOKZ

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

One more great idea from @media_outlier on the newsroom's 8th bday 🪩:

Collaboration — with other newsrooms (fighting over the same story is so 90s amirite??) and especially with the Detroiters of @DetDocumenters, who are filling a massive accountability gap in this city.

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

So many great ideas helped @media_outlier get to its 8th bday 🎉

We are unapologetically local.

That means we amplify Detroiters’ priorities. It means we expect our journalism to build trust and connection – an extremely high standard in this industry.

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

Here’s one: Journalism should fill information gaps. We start by asking what info Detroiters need and build our stories from there.

It’s been cool to watch this idea spread to other newsrooms.

[Koby Levin @levin_koby]

🎉🥳Eight years of @media_outlier = too many great stories to choose from.

So let’s talk about the great ideas that drive this newsroom.