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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