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| Founded | 2018 |
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| Type | Think Tank |
| Legal status | Non-profit organization |
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| Website | Midstory.org |
Midstory is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and media think tank in Toledo, Ohio. [1]
Background and history
Midstory was founded in Toledo, Ohio, in 2018 by Samuel Chang, Logan Sander, Ruth Chang, and Alex Lim. The four founders left their hometowns to attend Ivy League colleges before returning to the Midwest to start Midstory with the goal of attracting young people to the Midwest. [2] The name “Midstory” comes from the ecological term meaning the middle layer in a canopy of trees. [3]
Programs
Midstory outreaches students to give them opportunities to explore the Midwest while researching and developing their own multimedia stories. Midstory began its summer college and high school programs in 2019. [4] Midstory's virtual college programs in 2020 and 2021 provided students from across the country the opportunity to experience and build connections to Toledo and other Midwestern cities. [5] Midstory's projects focus on city infrastructure, demography, local journalism, voting, and water. Among these projects, the Water Project and the Demography Project focus on local issues of algal blooms in Lake Erie and Toledo’s declining population, respectively. [6]
Partnerships/collaborations
Midstory co-founders have appeared as guests of WGTE Public Media’s radio show, Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor on two occasions. [7] [8] Midstory also contributed a segment on the Great Black Swamp in a mini-documentary with WGTE aired in Oct. 2019 on Detroit Public Television as part of the Great Lakes Now series. [9]
Midstory was a partner with the Toledo Design Collective to revitalize the Garfield neighborhood in East Toledo through the Garfield Community Plan. [10] [11]
Recognition
2020: Midstory received the 2020 Nonprofit Innovation Award from the Center for Nonprofit Resources and the Greater Toledo Community Foundation. [12]
References
- ^ "Midstory". Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Miller, Alfred (29 December 2019). "The Future of Journalism: The News Biz". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Holden, Erin (27 February 2019). "Meet Us in the Middle". Toledo City Paper. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Prihar, Asha (1 August 2019). "Plugging the 'brain drain': Toledo nonprofit aims to retain young talent". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Bernstein, Mark (24 June 2021). "Hire the Tiger". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Bania-Dobyns, Sarah (25 January 2020). "Midstory Takes the Lead". Right Size Life. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Bright Young People | The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor | Podcasts | Radio | WGTE". www.wgte.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Midstory | The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor | Podcasts | Radio | WGTE". www.wgte.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Waters Infected - Great Lakes Now Full Episode - 1007". Great Lakes Now. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ Tian, Emily. "Urban designers announce new plans to revitalize Garfield, Old South End". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Garfield Community Plan - A Neighborhood Master Plan" (PDF). City of Toledo. October 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Nonprofits recognized during virtual award ceremony". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 15 November 2021.