Jan Worth Nelson, East Village Magazine, Editor

Longtime East Village Magazine editor Jan Worth-Nelson discusses Flint and what's lost, what's left, and what is possible. Jan shares the colorful history of the iconic Flint publication. The East Village Magazine started about the same time as Michael Moore's Flint Voice back in the 1970s. Flint's college and cultural neighborhood has long been a vibrant, beautiful, and historic neighborhood with many educators, business leaders, and professionals calling it home. Today, the magazine has become a brilliant piece of journalism each month, covering hyper-local government meetings and thoughtful essays from some of Genesee County's best writers. Suppose you think of the famed Atlantic Journal Magazine. In that case, the East Village Magazine is its local brother  The entire neighborhood has somehow managed to keep this gem of a magazine going by personally delivering it door to door. 
Jan Worth-Nelson is a retired University of Michigan-Flint English Professor whose experience in Flint has made her the most influential person on the local scene most political leaders have never heard of before. She has quietly assembled a talented group of writers and reporters to become a publication of record for the Flint area. With her experiences have come interviewing dozens of people in the Flint area. She shares her joy about living in Flint, frustrations, disappointments, and what is possible for the region's future. She is indeed someone whom Flint is fortunate to have stayed in the area and contributed so much through her journalism and community involvement.
If you would like to read the East Village Magazine or contribute, go to their website at EastVilliageMagazine.org. The song "Flint River Blues" used in this episode was written and performed by folk singer Colton Ort. He wrote this song to encourage people not to forget the children poisoned in the Flint Water Crisis.

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