  Macknwarren Member Username: Macknwarren Post Number: 11 Registered: 10-2007 |
LeDuff has become one of the best known newspaper writers in America over the past few years.It will be interesting to see what he tackles in Detroit. Anybody heard of him? Original story was on Detroit Book Blog. (Message edited by Macknwarren on February 21, 2008) | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 3530 Registered: 06-2004 |
Is he actually coming to Detroit or is he just hiring on as a writer with the News? Wiki and LeDuff website (Message edited by lilpup on February 20, 2008) | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1458 Registered: 12-2003 |
From the Romanesko column at poynter, yeah he's relocating from California to metro Detroit: http://poynter.org/forum/view_ post.asp?id=13117 | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 3531 Registered: 06-2004 |
For those who don't know the name, LeDuff's the guy who wrote about a Wayne County body collector for the NY Times a while back. edit to add: He does come with some heavy baggage. We'll see how things go. (Message edited by lilpup on February 20, 2008) | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 944 Registered: 12-2003 |
Apparently, he's originally from the D, states that his family is anyway. Go to his website, multimedia, there's a decent piece on Tiger Stadium w/ Ernie interview. I think it's excellent, welcome to the city bro. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 3532 Registered: 06-2004 |
Livonia Churchill graduate, then UMich undergrad, Cal-Berkeley grad google and you'll get a lot of hits | ||
Darwinism Member Username: Darwinism Post Number: 688 Registered: 06-2005 |
I saw his 'Only In America' series on the Discovery/NY Times TV channel. The episode 'The Real 8 Mile' was an interesting piece. Charlie LeDuff is indeed an accomplished journalist, Pulitzer Prize winning writer as a matter of fact. So, in all fairness, this is welcoming news. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 1220 Registered: 07-2007 |
He must want a super house at a super great price. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 3539 Registered: 06-2004 |
My only real concern is the couple of charges of plagiarism. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2327 Registered: 10-2006 |
"'I can't write the things I want to say. I want to talk about race, I want to talk about class. I want to talk about the things we should be talking about,' he said." http://detroitbookblog.com/ Think that his opinions and thoughts on these issues will help metro D work through these problems, or is he the type of guy that just stirs things up? | ||
Downtownguy Member Username: Downtownguy Post Number: 120 Registered: 07-2004 |
My only real concern is the couple of charges of plagiarism. | ||
Diehard Member Username: Diehard Post Number: 325 Registered: 03-2005 |
I met him at a screening for "The Real 8 Mile." Very interesting dude. It'll be interesting to see what he does in this crazy news town. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5293 Registered: 10-2003 |
LOL Downtownguy. Took me a second. | ||
Tiorted Member Username: Tiorted Post Number: 123 Registered: 02-2006 |
Looks like he has his first piece today: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=20088031403 83 Who killed Tamara Greene? Charlie LeDuff / The Detroit News DETROIT -- Her real name was Tamara Greene, an arresting, thick-bodied stripper known as Strawberry. By now her death is the stuff of Detroit legend, a whodunit of sex and politics and power... |
