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About
Rhinoceros Media is an independent, multi-format investigative publication for Lansing and mid-Michigan, building toward a worker-owned cooperative. We document local power: campaign finance, corporate registries, nonprofit filings, lobbying disclosures, property chains, and the connections between them.
The same evidence appears across formats — written investigation, data visualization, podcast episodes, infographic posters, printed zines, public installations. The written brief is one output among several, not the master format the others are derived from.
Boilerplate
For copy-paste use in articles citing Rhinoceros Media:
Rhinoceros Media is an independent investigative publication for Lansing and mid-Michigan. Its work covers local government, campaign finance, housing, energy, and surveillance. Founded 2026.
Logo
The mark is a left-facing rhinoceros silhouette in oxblood. SVG and favicon assets are available at the links below for editorial reuse.
Wordmark and combined-mark assets are pending. Email us if you need them sooner.
Brand colors
Accent (oxblood)
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Primary accent. Used for links, CTAs, category-Government tag.
Energy
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Energy beat (BWL, Deep Green, fuel cells, steam conversion).
Government
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Government beat (councils, commissions, ethics). Same as the primary accent.
Housing
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Housing beat (LHC, evictions, code enforcement, land bank).
Money
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Money beat (campaign finance, dark money, PAC spending).
Surveillance
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Surveillance beat (Flock, ALPR, police data).
Typography
Display headlines: Fraunces (variable, opsz 96). Body serif: Source Serif 4. Sans: Geist. Monospace eyebrows and labels: Geist Mono. All four are open source and freely available via Google Fonts.
Reuse
Briefs are licensed for free reuse with attribution. Some material (data sets, primary documents) carries additional terms. Email us to coordinate.
Press contact
Email us via the contact page. We answer every press inquiry that requires an answer.