The Detroit Free Press

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The Detroit Free Press

NEWSPAPER

Founded 1831 in Detroit by Sheldon McNight as The Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer. The paper was instrumental in making Michigan a U.S. state.

Official Website:
http://www.freep.com/

Location:
Detroit, MI

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Mitch Albom Novelist 23-May-1958 Tuesdays with Morrie

Clayton Boyce Business ? American Trucking Associations

Frank Bruni Journalist 31-Oct-1964 New York Times food critic

Ellen Goodman Journalist 11-Apr-1941 Retired columnist for The Boston Globe

Edgar Guest Poet 20-Aug-1881 5-Aug-1959 A Heap o' Livin'

David Hunke Publisher c. 1952 Newspaper publisher

David Cay Johnston Journalist 24-Dec-1948 Perfectly Legal

Katherine Lanpher Radio Personality 27-May-1959 Al Franken's sidekick on Air America

Elvis Mitchell Critic 1958 New York Times film critic

Al Neuharth Journalist 22-Mar-1924 Founder of USA Today

Daniel Okrent Author 2-Apr-1948 Former public editor, New York Times

Bruce Vilanch Author 23-Nov-1948 The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes

Ben G. Wright Publisher c. 1911 10-Apr-2001 Publisher, Field and Stream

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