About Eye On Michigan
Eye On Michigan is a student investigative reporting program based in Detroit and East Lansing. Our mission is to recruit and train the next generation of watchdog reporters, provide high-quality investigations to Michigan news organizations at no charge and to increase diversity in investigative reporting by engaging and inspiring high school students in under-served communities.
I am the problem. Detroit high school students who attended Watchdog U are the solution.
Detroit high school students have talent. That’s why Eye On Michigan created Watchdog U to encourage them to use it to become storytellers.
Tariff impact on car industry & state lawmakers taking the most freebies
A group of student journalists reveal the “top takers” when it comes to freebies from lobbyists among Michigan lawmakers. Eye On Michigan interview starts at 17:08 in the video.
Stateside: Thursday Oct. 3, 2024
We heard from some student journalists in search of answers about the money legislators accept from lobbyists. Eye On Michigan interview starts at 12:45 in the audio.
Michigan lawmakers feast and fly for free, but the system for tracking freebies is broken
Lobbyists lavished more than $6 million in free meals and trips on Michigan lawmakers between 2001-2023, but flaws in the system make it impossible to determine how much state officials really got.
Eye on Michigan Investigates: The Top 25 Takers
Eye On Michigan reporters spent months contacting lawmakers to ask about the free trips and meals they took from lobbyists. Four of the Top 25 Takers are still in office. So we went to the Capitol to give them one more chance to answer questions. This video tells the whole story.