Uniting Great Lakes Science, Data and Journalism
Circle of Blue
- Program Environment
- Program Area Addressing the Freshwater Challenge
- Grant Amount $50,000
- Grant Period June 1, 2021–December 31, 2022
- Location Traverse City, MI, United States
- Geographic Focus Midwest, Northeast, Ontario
About this grant
Circle of Blue is an online magazine covering water issues across the globe. A staff of award-winning and veteran reporters cover drinking water, Great Lakes and a range of other water issues and events. With prior Mott support, the grantee has been a founding member of the Great Lakes News Collaborative, a unique union of journalistic talent from four of the Great Lakes region’s most trusted content providers. The grantee helped raise awareness of household water debt and insecurity and the impacts of climate change on immigration within the region, among other stories. With renewed support, the grantee will continue to support and lead the collaborative and guide its team to uncover underreported and vital stories about the Great Lakes and drinking water.