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Home»Posts tagged with»Detroit News

Newspaper cuts, GOP guts minimum wage, Carmack dismisses suit: Your Wednesday briefing

By Steve Neavling on December 5, 2018   Morning Briefing  

Newspaper cuts, GOP guts minimum wage, Carmack dismisses suit: Your Wednesday briefing

Detroit’s daily newspapers face another round of staff cuts; state Republicans weaken minimum wage increase and paid sick leave initiatives; and Carmack to dismiss lawsuit against Detroit and Duggan.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff is leaving Fox 2 News

By Steve Neavling on November 28, 2016   Art & Entertainment, Headline  

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff is leaving Fox 2 News

The gonzo-style journalist became an instant celebrity in Detroit.

Detroit News offers buyouts to all of its newsroom employees

By Steve Neavling on November 15, 2016   Art & Entertainment, Headline  

Detroit News offers buyouts to all of its newsroom employees

The financially struggling Detroit News is trying to avoid massive layoffs.

Veteran journalist Bankole Thompson airs popular radio show on new station Friday

By Steve Neavling on April 7, 2016   Art & Entertainment, Culture, Headline, posts  

Veteran journalist Bankole Thompson airs popular radio show on new station Friday

Few journalists are willing to tackle the complex issues of race, poverty and community in Detroit like Bankole Thompson.

Suspicious newspaper box prompts evacuation of Detroit News, Free Press

By Steve Neavling on July 12, 2015   Crime & Fire, Featured, Featured Stories, Fire  

Suspicious newspaper box prompts evacuation of Detroit News, Free Press

The box, with the stenciled words “POW,” was dropped off on the eve of the anniversary of the 1995 newspaper strike.

Detroit News Columnist Nolan Finley ‘expecting worst’ from Daily Show

By Steve Neavling on November 17, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Featured Stories  

Detroit News Columnist Nolan Finley ‘expecting worst’ from Daily Show

Conservative Detroit News columnist Nolan Finley pulls no punches, and he expects nothing less when he appears on “The Daily Show with John Stewart” tonight on the Comedy Channel.

Mayor Duggan responds to Detroit News column slamming his appointees as ‘cronies’

By Steve Neavling on February 20, 2014   City Government, Featured Stories, Government, Mayor's Office, posts  

Mayor Duggan responds to Detroit News column slamming his appointees as ‘cronies’

Duggan: “I don’t know of a business executive in America who doesn’t try to recruit people they have worked with in the past and know to be honest, hardworking, and competent. That’s not cronyism – it’s sound management.”

Has Detroit News editor’s brain been infiltrated by spiders?

By Steve Neavling on November 12, 2013   Art & Entertainment, Culture, Headline, posts  

Has Detroit News editor’s brain been infiltrated by spiders?

“A family of spiders has nested in my brain and my doctors are lying about it,” the Detroit News site read.

Mockery of Democracy: Local media choose nonsense over news

By Steve Neavling on July 28, 2013   2013 Mayoral Election, Government, Headline, Politics, posts  

Mockery of Democracy: Local media choose nonsense over news

The line between news and entertainment has become so blurred that local journalism has become a farce.

$200 – the cost of a lunch date with conservative Detroit News columnist Finley

By Steve Neavling on May 23, 2013   Featured Stories, posts  

$200 – the cost of a lunch date with conservative Detroit News columnist Finley

Not too shabby Finley helps raise money for the Oakland County Republican Party

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Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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