BRIK Creative is Rebecca Bruckner's studio for investigative journalism, civic data, and design. Port St. Joe, Florida. Nashville next.
Two live platforms built on one idea: public records belong to the public, and overlooked places deserve the best tools.
Court filings, audits, and public records across Mississippi, Florida, and beyond, followed until the money makes sense. Original reporting, a free newsletter, and an 82-county Mississippi investigative master file.
Budgets, spending, meetings, and history for Port St. Joe and Gulf County, turned into something residents can read in a minute instead of a weekend. Then-and-now imagery, open downloads, plain-language explainers.
BRIK Homegrown, Inc. The nonprofit side of the studio.
Farms that keep working. Seniors who stay connected. Kids with tech in their hands. Families who stay instead of leave. Businesses that open on Main Street. Development that respects the place. Art & design worth fighting for.
Every piece from the studio, in one place. Video plays as you scroll. Tap a clip marked sound to hear it.
Thirty years of marketing, code, apps, and community work, from community bank core sales to freelance design to running an independent newsroom. Trained at Portfolio Center in Atlanta. Raised around Grenada, Mississippi. Working out of Port St. Joe, Florida, and heading for Nashville.
BRIK Creative LLC is the studio. BRIK Homegrown, Inc. is the nonprofit. Roach Roundup and LocalStudies are what they build.