Flint, MI — Mayor Sheldon Neeley’s team presented a drafted plan to spend millions of dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act funds, but for most of the Flint City Council members something was missing — Details. Flint City Council members said they want more details regarding the Mayor’s plan to spend $94.7 million in […]

Author Archives: Jiquanda Johnson
Flint Beat‘s founder and publisher, Jiquanda Johnson is a Flint-area native with more than 16 years of experience in journalism including print, television and digital media. She has worked for The Detroit News, NBC25, Fox and MLive Media Group/The Flint Journal, where she covered the city of Flint.
As a reporter covering Flint for MLive, Jiquanda discovered that the community needed a news publication focused only on Flint, Mich. Flint Beat was launched on March 13, 2017 to fill that need.