''The Brooklyn Exponent'' is a weekly
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
serving the communities in and around
Brooklyn, Michigan
Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,206 at the 2010 census. It is located in the Irish Hills region of southern Michigan, just north of U.S. Route 12 along M-50. The village is located wi ...
and the
Irish hills, Michigan.
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History
The ''Brooklyn Exponent'' was started on September 1, 1881 by Charles Clough. It was a five-column quarto, and independent on all public questions. It aimed to give a fair mention of local happenings, together with general international news. At his death on September 30, 1884, his widow,
Ethlyn, took over the business and ran the newspaper for eighteen years. The paper covered the Brooklyn are, as well as the general
Irish Hills
Irish Hills is an area of land located roughly in southeastern Jackson County and northwest Lenawee County in Southeast Michigan. It was named after the numerous Irish immigrants who settled there from 1830 until 1850.
Today it is known thro ...
,
Cement City, Michigan
Cement City is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is located within Woodstock Township in Lenawee County, with a small northern portion within Columbia Township in Jackson County. The population was 438 at the 2010 census.
...
,
Clark Lake, Michigan and
Napoleon, Michigan
Napoleon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 1,258 at the 2010 census. It is located within Napoleon Township.
Geography
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areas.
In June 1965, ''The Brooklyn Exponent'' changed its production format from broadsheet to tabloid, and expanded its coverage to the
Addison, Michigan
Addison is a village in Lenawee County, Michigan, Lenawee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 605 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. The village is located on the boundary between Rollin Township, Michigan, Rollin ...
,
Onsted, Michigan
Onsted is a village within Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The village had a population of 917 at the 2010 census. Located within the Irish Hills region, the village is part of Cambridge Township.
Onsted was first settled in ...
,
Manitou Beach, Michigan and
Somerset, Michigan
Somerset Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,532 at the 2020 census.
Communities
* Bakers was a station on the Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad at . Storekeeper Don H. Ellio ...
communities. Following the closing of the Grass Lake Times in 2021, the Exponent further expanded its coverage area to include the community of Grass Lake.
As of 2022, the weekly, paid circulation newspaper is owned by The Schepeler Corporation. Matt Schepeler is the publisher of the Brooklyn Exponent.
The Manchester Mirror
''The Manschester Mirror'' is a newspaper serving the
Manchester, Michigan
Manchester is a village in Manchester Township within Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,037 at the 2020 census.
History Chicago Road
In 1824 the United States Congress passed the General Survey Act, intended to ...
, community since 2013. The Mirror is printed by ''The Brooklyn Exponent''.
''The Manchester Mirror'' was founded in response to the decline and then closure of ''The Manchester Enterprise''. The paper transitioned from online to a weekly print edition in 2016 with a circulation size of 1500. The Mirror was featured on
Michigan Radio
Michigan Radio is a radio network, network of five FM broadcasting, FM public radio stations operated by the University of Michigan through its broadcasting arm, Michigan Public Media. The network is a founding member of National Public Radio and ...
in a conversation about the importance of local news.
References
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External links
''The Brooklyn Exponent''''The Manchester Mirror''
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Newspapers published in Michigan
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