About the Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative

Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative is a dynamic group of 12 partners representing media, educational or community organizations dedicated to strengthening local journalism.

Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative’s mission is to support and enhance the news ecosystem in Southwest Michigan, to provide accurate and equitable coverage, and to promote diversity of voices among journalists and sources alike.

With this mission, SWMJC hopes to gain greater equity in news coverage, diversity in newsrooms, and engagement between journalists and their audiences to build trust.

Guiding Principles and Values

The following guiding principles and values were established by collaborative members to guide their ways of being as well as collaborative efforts:

Accountability
Collaboration
Equity
Ethical Journalism Practices
Inclusion
Solutions
Sustainability
Trust

Media & Community Partners

Funding Partners

Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative receives financial support from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, established in 1925, with the mission to mobilize people, resources and expertise to advance racial, social and economic justice in Kalamazoo County.

Solutions Journalism Network, with the mission to spread the practice of solutions journalism, provides financial support to the collaborative’s Mental Wellness Project.