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Madeline Faber

Madeline Faber is an editor and award-winning reporter. Her experience as a development reporter complements High Ground's mission to write about what's next for Memphis.

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On The Ground editor Cole Bradley introduces the night's speakers.
“Learning to love the soil” and other stories from Uptown and The Pinch

Residents, small business owners and young folks shared stories about the personal experiences and events that shaped their relationships with Uptown and The Pinch.

You’re invited to a night of storytelling about Uptown and the Pinch District

Join High Ground News on August 2 for an evening of storytelling to celebrate the beauty, diversity, history and future of the historic Uptown and Pinch neighborhoods.

The Daily Memphian, a nonprofit online publication, to launch in the fall

High Ground News will partner with the new publication to facilitate coverage of Memphis neighborhoods. 

A Memphis resident speaks to J.D. Vance, John Hope Bryant and Steve Case at the May 8 Rise of the Rest pitch competition. (Madeline Faber)
Soundways earns $100k investment and leads Memphis in the ‘rise of the rest’

Memphis gets a stamp of approval from some of the nation's top entrepreneurs and investors. 

One of many Elvis murals in Whitehaven. (Brandon Dahlberg)
Join High Ground News for a discussion about Whitehaven’s economic assets beyond Graceland

Join us for a discussion about the untapped and under-realized economic potential of Whitehaven as part of our On The Ground embedded reporting engagement in the neighborhood. RSVP for the free event here.

Baby Grand principals Dan Price and Ben Colar (Averell Mondie)
“Experience designers” and Archer Malmo alumni launch creative branding firm

Don’t call them event planners. Dan Price and Ben Colar are in the business of experience curation. 

A customer plays a racing game on one of the stations at Game oN, located inside the Southland Mall. (Brandon Dahlberg)
Game oN video game lounge takes Whitehaven to the next level

This isn’t your parents’ arcade.

Serenity gets bubble blowing lessons from her mom at the New Memphis Institute's Exposure 901 event in September 2017.
Good health, equality and public transit: Our wishes for Memphis in 2018

For our first issue of 2018, we turn the lens on our contributors who lend their voice and vision to our online magazine.

Kids start lining up at the home of Deidra Tuggle, the Candy Lady of Orange Mound.
On The Ground Live in Orange Mound

As part of our On The Ground coverage, editor Erica Horton visited with community leaders and stakeholders in Orange Mound. These live interviews show the passion that fuels the neighborhood.

Center for Southern Literary Arts co-directors Molly Rose Quinn, Jamie Hatley and Zandria Robinson (L ro R)
‘The South is speaking’ at the new Center for Southern Literary Arts

A new nonprofit in Memphis has bold plans to put the city on the map as a site for authentic storytelling about the Southern experience. 

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