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unusual facts about Detroit News



Belle Isle Conservatory

In April 1953, Anna Scripps Whitcomb, who was daughter of Detroit News founder James E. Scripps, gave her 600 orchids collection to the conservatory.

Charles Archibald Nichols

He engaged in newspaper work as reporter and criminal investigator for the Detroit Journal and the Detroit News from 1898 to 1905.

Chris Kutalik

His writing has also appeared in the print and online versions of the Detroit News, Metro Times, Z Magazine, CounterPunch, Monthly Review, Against the Current, Canadian Dimension, and in numerous union publications.

Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft

The plaintiffs, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Michigan Representative John Conyers, and Rabih Haddad argued that it was a violation of the First Amendment for the defendants, Attorney General Ashcroft, Chief Immigration Judge Creppy, and Immigration Judge Elizabeth Hacker, to apply a blanket ruling of the Creppy Directive in order to keep immigration hearings closed to the press and the public.

Froma Harrop

She is best known for her bi-weekly syndicated column which appears in about 200 newspapers including the Seattle Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Detroit News, and Miami Herald.

Gargoyle Humor Magazine

Its first editor in chief, Lee A. White, eventually became editor of the Detroit News and helped found La Choy Foods.

Triumph Church

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference selected him as 2003 Pastor of the Year, and the Detroit News has declared him one of “The New Generation of Black Leaders”.


see also

Detroit Media Partnership

Originally called the Detroit Newspaper Agency, the company was reorganized and renamed after Gannett sold the Detroit News to MediaNews Group, and purchased the Detroit Free Press from Knight Ridder.

George Gough Booth

With his two brothers, George started with The Detroit News and founded the independent Booth Newspapers, a chain spanning the southern half of Michigan.