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Ryan Martin
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Investigative journalist in Indianapolis. Executive editor at IndyStar. Enjoying nature, kindness and a good book. [email protected] Tips, Signal: 317-500-4897 https://ryanmartin.start.page/ https://byryanmartin.substack.com/
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Nov 16
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · 18d
Southsiders prevail in fight against Google data center: mirrorindy.org/google-withd...

🖊️ Elizabeth Gabriel
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · 25d
A couple great examples of everyday people in Indy stepping up for our community:

A new space for Indy youth to feel empowered mirrorindy.org/listen-to-ou...

Tiny homes planned at westside church to help people who are homeless mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
A new space for Indy youth to feel empowered
From 2020 protests to political upheaval, this nonprofit wants to help youth find their voice.
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Mirror Indy @mirrorindy.org · 28d
Come Chat N Chew with Mirror Indy and community leaders on Sept. 23. The theme is civic leadership!

We’re building Mirror Indy around what our community wants and needs. So, we’re taking the time to meet with as many neighbors as possible.

Register below.
https://bit.ly/3VIkW0H
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · 27d
A push to preserve an Indianapolis neighborhood built by Black WWII veterans: mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

📷 Flanner House, Indiana Historical Society
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Sep 9
📷: Brett Phelps/Mirror Indy/CatchLight Local/Report for America
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Sep 9
Indy residents crowded the City-County Council chambers last night to voice their opposition a Google data center on the south side.

See the scenes and catch up on the news on @mirrorindy.org: mirrorindy.org/google-data-...
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Mirror Indy @mirrorindy.org · Sep 8
Riverside’s 100th annual parade happened last weekend.

📸 Check out Ted Somerville’s photos from the event: https://bit.ly/4pdxcE5
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Sep 8
Scenes from the Students Demand Action walkout in Indianapolis on Friday: mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

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Peter Blanchard @peterblanchard.bsky.social · Sep 4
For years, city employees and political volunteers would not speak negatively about working for Mayor Joe Hogsett.

Now, a collection of current and former employees are speaking out about what they say is a toxic work culture in the administration mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Workers describe ‘toxic’ culture in Mayor Joe Hogsett’s city hall
The harassment allegations engulfing the Indianapolis mayor’s administration stem from a toxic work environment, several former employees said.
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Sep 3
Just sharing this book recommendation today for no reason at all bookshop.org/p/books/some...
Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir
A Memoir
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Sep 3
The hardest thing about the past few weeks was not being able to tell every single person I spoke to about my new position as the Women & Girls Reporter for Free Press Indiana. But now I can 😊
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Lisa Renze @lisarenze.bsky.social · Sep 3
Thrilled to be welcoming @smashfizzle.bsky.social to Free Press Indiana!

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Meet Indiana’s new women and girls reporter
Ashley Ford joins Free...
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Sep 2
Several Indianapolis councilors have voiced opposition to the southside Google data center.

Now, the fate of the project is in the hands of Indy Democrats: mirrorindy.org/google-data-...
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Mesgana Waiss @theavgjourn.bsky.social · Aug 26
Hip-hop found a home in Fountain Square in 2015. Over the past 10 years, the Chreece hip-hop festival has displayed all elements of the genre.

Live music events come and go, but the “little festival that could” somehow remains.

My latest story for Mirror Indy: mirrorindy.org/history-of-t...
Chreece turns 10
How Indy’s ‘Rap Christmas’ was born, its growing pains and what comes next.
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Wildstyle @mrwildstyle.bsky.social · Aug 26
Mirror Indy got some GREAT shots of Chreece
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See Chreece 2025 in energetic photos
Ten years after the first festival, hip-hop artists from Indy and beyond gathered for Chreece Aug. 23 in Fountain Square.
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Aug 25
Update on property tax cuts and the Indy city budget:
> $1M from crime grants
> $100k from an immigrant legal fund mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
How property tax cuts are affecting crime grants and immigration programs
Mayor Joe Hogsett asked most city departments to cut spending next year.
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Aug 23
Indy, who’s coming out to Feast of Lanterns? Come say hi to the Mirror Indy crew! We’ve got airbrush tattoos and free community news
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Aug 18
Here's what's in the Indy mayor's proposed budget for housing and homelessness initiatives next year: mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Hogsett’s 2026 budget has $10M for homelessness
But an eviction aid program isn’t fully funded.
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Jim Sullivan @jimsullivanin.bsky.social · Aug 9
Indy councilors got $1 million in the last budget. How are they spending it? mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Indy councilors got $1 million in the last budget. How are they spending it?
As Indy approaches the next budget, we looked back at the parks and streets projects funded last year.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · Aug 11
After working the night shift at a recovery house, Janice Richardson drives home. The 66-year-old eastsider usually stops to check on the remains of her neighborhood’s CVS Pharmacy. The nearly 2-acre lot has been vacant since March.
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After a CVS shuttered, eastsiders face a vacant lot full of trash
The location along the Purple Line is one of at least 28 pharmacies that have closed in Indianapolis.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · Aug 11
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Indy’s alternative to jail and ER has empty beds
Hogsett and the City-County Council cut funding for the Assessment and Intervention Center because of lack of use.
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Peter Blanchard @peterblanchard.bsky.social · Aug 13
I asked IMPD Chris Bailey whether he thinks ICE's generous salaries and sign-on bonuses could affect his recruitment efforts.

"It’s a concern when you throw that kind of money out there that you could take potential applicants from local police departments"

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Indianapolis police chief talks curfew, ICE and staffing
IMPD Chief Chris Bailey says downtown is safe and violence is trending downward.
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Aug 12
In Haughville: pawn shop -> grocery store mirrorindy.org/haughville-w...

"We’re looking to expand in all the areas where food deserts are."
New grocery store adds healthy food options to the west side
Super Jams Neighborhood Supermarket opens in Haughville.
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Aug 12
“I’m so tired of being thrown around from here to there … What I’ve been through the last three years, no one should have to go through.” mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
‘I’m so tired’: Fountain Square encampment residents feel stuck
Some moved, others stayed, but none were forced to leave the morning of Aug. 11.
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Aug 11
Indy, this is happening Wednesday! mirrorindy.org/mirror-indy-...
Join Mirror Indy for a film screening and Q&A about stillbirths in the U.S.
The ProPublica documentary follows three women trying to make pregnancy safer.
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Ryan Martin @byryanmartin.bsky.social · Aug 10
“I’ve called CVS corporate, and they will not do anything.” mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
After a CVS shuttered, eastsiders face a vacant lot full of trash
The location along the Purple Line is one of at least 28 pharmacies that have closed in Indianapolis.
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