By Neighborhood Media | Imagine that you wanted to cover the most important story in our community as deeply and creatively as you possibly could. Imagine that you had the resources of a dozen newsrooms at your disposal, from newspapers to radio to television. What would you want to cover, and…
by Sheena Holland Neighborhood Media Intern Reporter Over the past year, substandard conditions at the Cuyahoga County Jail may have played a significant role in the deaths of nine inmates in custody, a situation which has merited the scrutiny of both local and state officials alike. Ohio State Senator Nickie J.…
A special report by The Tremonster In late May, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) announced its emerging recommendation for the future of Tremont Montessori is to relocate the program to an existing, modernized building outside of Tremont. The final public input meeting on the district’s emerging recommendations on the future…
CMSD NEWS BUREAU CMSD will engage the community in planning the future of academic programs and buildings. The Board of Education is revisiting the District’s master facilities plan. Cleveland’s population patterns have changed since the plan was last updated five years ago, and the board wants to ensure that the…
Eighteen off-duty, RTA Transit Police officers participated in the Lip Sync challenge last week.
It took eight hours to film the video over two days.
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” by Justin Timberlake was the unanimous song of choice. Continue reading
by Nancy Kelsey
Today, Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Chief Calvin D. Williams and Deputy Chief Wayne Drummond provided background on the Community Engagement Officer (CEO) initiative and introduced the 15 new CEOs.
This initiative further demonstrates the City’s commitment to creating a better quality of life for residents. Each of the city’s five police districts has three CEOs focused on grassroots relationship-building, based on the specific needs of each district.
“It’s really about community engagement and community policing in a way that connects police officers with individuals and community organizations and community groups to have a real feel for what’s going on on the street,” said Mayor Frank G. Jackson. “People think of police answering 9-1-1 or going to homicides or robberies. This is a different approach.” Continue reading
2 pm on Wednesday, 1/17/18 | at CPL Digital Library
Attendees: Leo Jeffres, Chatham Ewing, Chuck Hoven, Cameron Caputi, Mike Psenicka, Ellen Psenicka, Pierre Bejjani, Richard T. Andrews, Steve FitzGerald, Julie Brown, Rich Weiss, Ulysses Glen, Charles Huffman
NCMA-CLE Initial Discussion Meeting Notes
Photo by Leo Jeffres
At the January 17 meeting, attendees introduced themselves and discussed the benefits of forming an association of Greater Cleveland’s small, local media producers, called NCMA-CLE (Neighborhood & Community Media Assoc. of Greater Cleveland). Continue reading
Tierra Smith has launched her new video series, “Miss Tee,” by interviewing Cleveland’s Macbaaby on Neighborhood Media.
Republished with permission from the Plain Press ⋅ NOVEMBER 29, 2017
(Plain Press, November 2017) On October 10th, at Visible Voice Books in the Tremont neighborhood, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, Cleveland Traffic Commissioner James P. Muhic and Ward 3 Councilman Kerry McCormack joined representatives of community newspapers in a press conference and roundtable discussion concerning the Cleveland Police Department’s pursuit policy.
Rich Weiss, publisher of The Tremonster and Executive Director of Neighborhood Media, organized the press conference. Weiss explained that at several meetings of block clubs in Tremont, Cleveland Police Officers had referred to “a no pursuit policy.” Weiss asked if there was such a policy in Cleveland.
Mayor Frank Jackson said the City of Cleveland had an “appropriate pursuit policy.” He said, “As you know, a pursuit can end in disaster for those doing the pursuit, those being pursued and those people caught up in the pursuit.” He said there are different rules for different types of pursuits, but “There is no blanket do not pursue policy.”
Continue readingCleveland Mayor Frank Jackson holds a community newspaper briefing on Cleveland Police Department dirt bikes and pursuit policy [TremonsterTV Report] Continue reading