List of Tags for Reporters

Tags

The Managing Editor is currently working to tag all stories that have been published on our new domain (eastlansinginfo.news), which came into being in April 2020. Make sure to search terms on our website to find all relevant work we’ve published, including older articles from our old domain, eastlansinginfo.org, September 2014-April 2020. Some stories may not yet be tagged, and the list of tags may grow. If you cannot find a back story that you think you need, let your editor know.

These are currently our tags:

  • East Lansing Policing (related to ELPD)
  • Investigative Reporting (e.g., background research into public records, conducting multiple interviews)
  • Center City District (Landmark/Newman Lofts development project in Downtown East Lansing)
  • obits
  • Finances and Taxes (governmental budgets, millages, TIF, taxes)
  • News by the Numbers (data analysis)
  • Interactive Map
  • Bicycles (bikes, bike paths, trails, road conversions)
  • Explainers (more for-all-time than “Ask ELi”)
  • Ask ELi (questions from readers that we answer)
  • East Lansing Public Library
  • Caring for Each Other (food banks, community etc.)
  • Parks & Rec (parks, Parks & Rec Commission, trails)
  • Infrastructure (pipes, sewers, gas lines, roads)
  • FOIA (stories that use documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act)
  • Annual Report (updates from the publisher)
  • Transportation (buses, trains, cars, roads, pedestrian issues)
  • Human Interest (focuses in-depth on a specific person, often a feel-good story)
  • Evergreen Properties (DDA’s properties on Evergreen Ave. in downtown East Lansing)
  • Seniors (related to senior citizens, usually people 55+)
  • Local businesses (businesses in EL, particularly those that are locally owned, not chains like Meijer, etc.)
  • Support ELi (related to fundraising)
  • Trash and Recycling (garbage pick-up, lawn waste, recycling center) 
  • Parking (parking tickets, parking lots, parking fees)
  • Community Disparities (disparities based on race, age, class, income, sexual orientation, gender identity, and more)
  • DDA (Downtown Development Authority meetings, decisions, etc.)
  • Vaccines (information on Covid-19 Vaccines)
  • Public Health (in process of implementation, related to Covid, other diseases, community problems that affect health outcomes)
  • Elections
  • Environment (trees, gardens, waste, our physical environment, environmentalism)
  • Development (real estate development, projects like Center City, construction)
  • Schools (primarily ELPS but MSU when we cover it)
  • Sports (sports, but also including physical activity like running, biking, etc.)
  • Arts and Culture
  • East Lansing at Home (houses, gardens, the people who live in them)