"We are a big small town always getting looked over and underappreciated. It sucks, but I don’t mind it, because I feel like I know something other people don’t."  

                                                                                                                 - Memphis musician Jeff Hulett


What don't you know about Memphis? Whether you're a local or, heaven forbid, from Nashville, it may be more than you think. That's why we're telling Memphis stories at the micro level. We know it's the small things that make a neighborhood... a neighborhood. 

MicroMemphis is a hyperlocal news hub produced by the University of Memphis Department of Journalism. The hyperlocal part means we cover stories in and about a distinct section of the city bound by street borders, school districts, but mostly, just by people. Each year, student-journalists cover one neighborhood in the Memphis area. This site is a collection of original reports, videos, and pictures about that community. 

The hub part means that we don't just create new content. We know the web is already a rich source of information about neighborhood stories.We consider it our job to dig through those links, Tweets, and news reports that round out the story of a community. Then we put it all in one place.  

First stop - Cooper-Young.