Media Mouse was a

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the List of municipalities in Mi ...

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group founded in 1999. In 2004 the group's primary focus shifted to providing regular news coverage of "progressive" movements for social change in Grand Rapids that were posted online via its website
www.mediamouse.org
Media Mouse ceased production in 2009. It described its goals in its mission statement:

"Media Mouse is an independent media collective that works to provide independent news pertaining to Grand Rapids and the world. Wherever possible, Media Mouse aims to draw links between national and local issues and between movements for social change. In turn, it is hoped that this news will be a catalyst for action and will help spur organizing for social change."

In 2007, Media Mouse began hosting and collaborating with the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) which was previously a part of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center.

Resources

In addition its news coverage, Media Mouse offers a variety o
resources
including databases and special subject areas:
"The Far Right in West Michigan" Database

Progressive Directory of Western Michigan

Grand Rapids Military Contracts Database

Calendar of Social Change Oriented Events in West Michigan

The Bloom Collective

In June 2007, Media Mouse became involved in The Bloom Collective, an

infoshop Infoshops are places in which people can access anarchist or autonomist ideas. They are often stand-alone projects, or can form part of a larger radical bookshop, archive, self-managed social centre or community centre. Typically, infoshops offer ...

located at 8 Jefferson SE in

.{{cite news, title=Radical spaces, newspaper=Slingshot, date=Summer 2013, page=18 In addition to lending books and videos, the Bloom Collective also serves as a meeting place for mediated community discussions on various radical topics and strategies for change.

References

External links

Media Mouse web site
Mass media in Grand Rapids, Michigan Communications and media organizations based in the United States