Paul clemens of the new york times wrote that leduff has done his best. Have been talking to lots of trump supporters across the country these last couple of days, and the disdain for and distrust of the media right now is worse than ive seen at any point throughout this presidency. An american autopsy is a 20 book by charlie leduff, published by. Leduff, a detroit news reporter, who was born and raised in detroit, attempts to explain the causes for the decline of detroit. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist leduff work and other sins delivers an edgy portrait of the decline, destruction, and possible redemption of his hometown. Charlie leduff gets a little bit of real people in detroit. Todays new york times travel piece on detroit gets it mostly right. Returning in 2008 after 20 years away, the former new york times staff writer finds a city in its death throes. The book is good until the authora former ny times reporter starts editorializing. He was one of several reporters who worked on the new york times series how race. He was one of several reporters who worked on the new york times series how race more about charlie leduff. Charlie leduff was a staff writer at the new york times, a reporter at the detroit news, and is now a television journalist for detroits fox2 news.
Metro times has been keeping detroit informed for years. Nyt writer says detroit feels like the most exciting city. At times, he has chronicled the rise of tesla, electric vehicles and selfdriving cars as well as the fortunes of general motors, ford. Leduff had grown up in the detroit suburbs westlandlivonia, left and become a journalist, working for the new york times for a decade and winning a pulitzer prize while there. She covers education and other issues for nbc news digital. Twohey has also written investigative reports for reuters, the chicago tribune and the milwaukee journal sentinel. New york times reporter and cnn analyst elaina plott tweeted. Megan twohey is an investigative reporter with the new york times. Charlie leduff was a staff writer at the new york times and a reporter at the detroit news before he became a journalist for detroits fox2 news. Bomey, who was the lead reporter on detroit s bankruptcy for the detroit free press, sees the citys struggles with race and the collapse of the auto industry as having rendered it. An american autopsy is an unbelievable story of a hard town in a rough time filled with some of the strangest and strongest.
He told a reporter for the times union, located in albany, new york, in 2002. Todays new york times travel piece on detroit gets it. The past, present, and future of american labor, former new york times labor reporter steven greenhouse makes a striking observation. Detroit resurrected, by nathan bomey the new york times. Deadline detroit your source for detroit local news.
So the new york times says you should visit detroit. He writes, theres a hugely important but often overlooked phenomenon that goes far to explain why so many bad things are happening to american workers, and that is the decadeslong decline in worker. Erin einhorn is a reporter and editor based in downtown detroit. Once the richest city in america, detroit is now the nations poorest. Team members named by the times were pam belluck, helene cooper, fink, adam nossiter, norimitsu onishi, kevin sack, and ben c. Journalist charlie leduffs 20 novel is about going back to detroit and. Erin was the founding editor of chalkbeat detroit, a nonprofit. How to submit a letter to the editor letters should be exclusive to the new york times or the international new york times. On monday, the new york times published a photo essay about how detroit is being revived as it moves out from state financial oversight. Shed often read about new businesses and events popping up around the city of detroit. A star political reporter at the new york times has been suspended following a story detailing alleged sexual misconduct involving younger, female journalists.
Leduff, a veteran print and tv journalist who spent 12 years at the new york times. Charlie leduff to leave fox 2 detroit detroit free press. Reporter monica davey and photographer emily najera focused. Detroit free press columnist mitch albom said covington died tuesday in new york city, where he was visiting after appearing with albom a day earlier on nbcs today show. Charlie leduff is a pulitzer prizewinning journalist, formerly at the new york times and the detroit news, and currently on detroit s fox 2 news. An american autopsy, is a depressing account of the demise of a once great american city. New york the new york times says it has suspended white house reporter glenn thrush while it investigates charges that he made unwanted advances on young women while he worked as a reporter at. His writing also has appeared in the new york times, washington post. He also was a columnist at philadelphia inquirer in philadelphia from 1973 to 1974. I saw the city through the prism of its bard, charlie leduff, who after a decadelong run as a feature writer for the new york times he won a pulitzer for a monthlong stint working the swine. He contributed to a pulitzer prizewinning new york times series and has received a meyer berger award for distinguished writing about new york city.
David maraniss is a new york times bestselling author and associate editor. Leduff, a detroit news reporter, who was born and raised in detroit, attempts to explain the causes for the. Nyt writer says detroit feels like the most exciting city in america. The true and twisted mind of the american man, 2007, etc. An exnew york times reporter has become the rights goto. Associate professor of education, university of detroit mercy. He is the author of shtshow the countrys collapsing. Kennedy book award, anthony lukas book prize, and frankfurt ebook award.
Nichole christian is a writer and detroit native who began her career as a staff member for some of the nations top news outlets, including the wall street journal, time magazine, the new york. Previously, she was city hall bureau chief for the wall street. Charlie leduff is a pulitzer prizewinning reporter and author of the new york times bestseller detroit. A detroit story, the acclaimed 2015 book by pulitzer winner david maraniss. An ex new york times reporter has become the rights goto coronavirus skeptic alex berenson, a journalist and thriller writer, is being quoted on breitbart and appearing on fox newseven. Mara gay is a member of the new york times editorial board, writing about city and state politics and other new york stories. A former detroit free press reporter s first book earns effusive, prominent praise. New york times auto reporter to lecture by kevin brown. New york times reporter suspended in harassment probe. Detroit automakers market share is shrinking even faster than micheline maynard of the new york times predicted three years ago in her book, the end of detroit.
If detroit does not find a way to quickly stabilize its finances through spending cuts and union concessions, the state may appoint a manager to take over its budget. In detroit, black lives caught in a prehistory of the altright a scene from kathryn bigelows film drama detroit, set during the 1967 riots in that city. Neal boudette is a reporter for the new york times who has covered the auto industry for the last 17 years. After getting fired by the new york times for lying in print, a reporter stumbled on the story of his life. Contact our newsroom send a confidential news tip if you have a confidential news tip, you can reach us through tools that will help protect your anonymity. Frank bruni, an oped columnist for the new york times since june 2011, joined the newspaper in 1995 and has ranged broadly across its pages. A journalist and detroit native searches for clues to the citys fate.
A metro detroit native, stephanie spent a few years reporting and editing for publications in washington d. Starts out great, then turns to the same old politically correct beating around the bush as to detroits real problems. We were as pumped as anyone about the new york times putting detroit at the number nine spot out of 52 places to go in 2017. From 1965 to 1968, wooten was a reporter at huntsville times in huntsville, and then at new york times from 1968 to 1973. Andrew cuomo vowed repeatedly in 2010 that he would veto redistricting maps that were not created by an independent commission.
Deadline detroit nathan bomeys new book is a valuable. We do not publish open letters or thirdparty letters. An autopsy of detroit finds resilience in a struggling city. In the book leduff discusses the present state of detroit and its economic, social, crime, and political issues. Leduff returns, by the books end, to the bar where his sister was last seen.
Thus writes former new york times and detroit news reporter leduff us guys. Leduff is a pulitzer prize winning journalist who worked for the new york times before returning to his hometown of detroit to work as a reporter for the detroit news from 2008 to 2010. As of april 2014, fink is a staff reporter for the new york times. Born and raised in metropolitan detroit, julie now lives in new york city with her husband. He has reported on a variety of topics for the paper, including two presidential campaigns, the machinations on capitol hill and the intersection of politics and the news media.
Charlie leduff is a pulitzer prizewinning journalist, formerly at the new york times and the detroit news, and currently on detroits fox 2 news. The hardest workout in new york right now has got to be the one being demonstrated eight shows a week by the principal cast of aint too proud. From 1974 to 1978, james was a journalist at new york times. As a journalist, she wanted to be the one to tell those stories, so she returned home to be a features reporter at the detroit news.
How the big three lost their grip on the american car market random house, 2003, which chronicled the decline of the big three auto companies and the rise in influence of. Sticking to the facts would have made a great book. How the big three lost their grip on the american car market by micheline maynard a light fog enveloped the detroit area on sept. Stories in the new york times package for which he was honored included reports on tax shelters, companies that avoid taxes and gifttax evasion he was also a finalist for the pulitzer in 2000. He is a former national correspondent for the new york times. He has been both a white house correspondent and the. An american autopsy is a 20 book by charlie leduff, published by penguin books. Detroit city is the place to be is one of publishers weeklys top 10 best books of 2012. How the big three lost their grip on the american car market. Peters is a reporter in the washington bureau of the new york times who covers politics. Leduff is a former new york times reporter who was part of a team that won. After graduating from the graduate school of journalism at berkeley, leduff was hired by the new york times on a tenweek minority scholarship.
Star new york times reporter glenn thrush suspended for. Haddad breaks his silence local news detroit metro times. An american autopsy is a must read for all of america. The former fox 2 detroit reporter and largerthanlife media personality will be on 910 am starting at 4 p. As a journalist for almost 45 years, and now author for more than 25, ive. Once americas capitalist dream town, detroit is our countrys greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthestand, finally, into the largest municipal bankruptcy in u. Back in his broken hometown, pulitzer prizewinning journalist charlie leduff searches the ruins of detroit for.