Jennifer Chambers

@jchambers_DN

Detroit journalist. I write about Michigan K-12 schools for @detroitnews alum: @MSUjschool @EdWriters Priors: @thesnews @TheOaklandPress http://detroitnews.com/oxford

Detroit, Michigan

Joined May 2011

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Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · May 8

Detroit News photographer Katy @kildee92756 and I spent three days with Oxford High shooting survivor Keegan Gregory and his family to talk about his journey of trying to live after a violent gun attack. Read his inspiring story here detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. Keegan Gregory has been rebuilding his life in Florida and working toward graduation after the trauma that unfolded inside Oxford High School in 2021.

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Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 21

Shipping industry, boaters fear risks of cuts to federal Great Lakes programs detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The Trump budget plan calls for ending some programs ship captains and other boaters rely on. A Senate plan would keep the funding largely in place.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · 21 h

Former Interlochen Arts Academy students allege sexual abuse by faculty detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. Interlochen said the accounts date back to the 1960s and 1970s and an external investigation is underway.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · 21 h

Court order temporarily bars Detroit Thermal from entering Lafayette Park townhomes' property detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. Residents of the Mies townhomes are praising a court ruling that prevents Detroit Thermal from doing work on their property for a steam line project.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · 21 h

MJR Troy debuts Michigan's largest laser IMAX screen detroitnews.com/story/entertai… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The new screen is powered by dual 4K lasers, delivering full dynamic sound, increased brightness and deeper blacks.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · 21 h

After decades, Eastern Market classic Rocky's Peanut Co. to close detroitnews.com/story/business… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The store announced the news in a sentimental Instagram post Friday, complete with a Boyz II Men ballad playing over top of it.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · 23 h

Benson, Duggan emerge from pack in fundraising to be Michigan's next governor detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. When direct contributions alone are considered, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's independent campaign outstripped everyone in the field, including Benson.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 25

Tim Kelleher, Detroit newspaper exec during '90s labor dispute, dies detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. Respected and vilified in equal measures, Kelleher saw the dispute through to an injurious win for the Detroit Newspaper Agency.

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Interesting things@awkwardgoogle · Jul 23

Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train on a xylophone is proof why every school needs a fully funded music program

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Tony Paul | Detroit News@TonyPaul1984 · Jul 24

Colleague Melody Baetens with an inside look at the #Tigers luxury Priority Club, which opened today —> detroitnews.com/story/entertai… via @detroitnews

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Beth LeBlanc@DNBethLeBlanc · Jul 24

State Rep. Alabas Farhat, D-Dearborn, was just removed as minority vice chair of House Approps. The removal came after Farhat voted no on a juvenile lifer bill, dooming it to a 55-43 failure. Farhat's vote came after a tense and prolonged conversation with House Dem leadership.

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Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 24

Jimmy Hoffa's family seeks closure 50 years after disappearance as O'Brien letter emerges detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. A book about Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance prompted the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit to write a letter about Hoffa associate Chuckie O'Brien.

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Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 23

Swimmers plan to memorialize 50th anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald wreck with epic relay detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Swim will begin on Saturday in Lake Superior and be done in stages. It's meant to memorialize the men who died in 1975 wreck.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 22

UM offers binding early admission for would-be Wolverines to forgo other colleges detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. Applications to the school hit a record this spring with over 115,000 prospective first-year and transfer students looking to enroll for the fall.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 21

Dingell, Slotkin want answers amid heightened violence in Gaza detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The Democratic legislators called on the State Department and White House to ensure humanitarian aid is distributed to Palestinians.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 21

Madison school district drains fund balance in five years. State oversight rules kick in detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The Madison School District has a fund balance of unspent money below 5%, which has triggered additional reporting requirements to the state.

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Daily Snoopy@DailySnoopys · Jul 18

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Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 18

Appeals court: Wrongful death lawsuit by Oxford victim's parent can move forward detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via @detroitnews

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 18

Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs detroitnews.com/story/news/nat… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. Trump’s administration on July 1 withheld more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, adult literacy and English language instruction.

Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 17

UM dismisses professor who allegedly shared romantic feelings with student detroitnews.com/story/news/edu… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The regents approved the dismissal Thursday morning at the request of interim President Domenico Grasso.

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Jennifer Chambers@jchambers_DN · Jul 17

See inside the new Hudson's Detroit building detroitnews.com/story/business… via @detroitnews

jchambers_DN's tweet card. The office building and event center portion of the downtown Bedrock development holds one of its first large events this week.

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