  Emuaaron Member Username: Emuaaron Post Number: 10 Registered: 07-2005 |
I have a real problem finding good publications for local news. The Free Press and Det. News are basically AP wire reports and human interest stories. Metro Times is good for culture, but Jack Lessenberry is the only writer who regularly talks about social and political issues. I think I get the most news out of reading this forum. Where does everyone else get their information? | ||
Queensfinest Member Username: Queensfinest Post Number: 8 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'm in NY and I get all of my Detroit area news from this website. A fine job too. When I do click on a News or Free Press story it is as a link from this site. By the way, there seem to be a very high amount of spelling errors in the online versions of those two papers, Free Press and Det News. | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 954 Registered: 11-2005 |
Detroit Yes, WWJ, Channel 7 news. | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 402 Registered: 10-2006 |
I try to watch as little local news as I can, except for Fox2 in the morning (gotta get that traffic and weather). So much of it is "crime of the day" garbage. | ||
Dds Member Username: Dds Post Number: 111 Registered: 10-2006 |
quote: If you want to try even a little more, keep the TV off and listen to WWJ 950. Problem solved. | ||
Kenp Member Username: Kenp Post Number: 182 Registered: 03-2006 |
WWJ while driving Gave up on WJR. DetYes while at work Det News at lunch Metro times on Fridays | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1488 Registered: 05-2005 |
WHFD, all news all the time | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 743 Registered: 09-2005 |
Even in Ottawa we get Channel 2, Channel 4, Channel 7, Channel 56 and Channel 62 from Detroit. We get more Detroit news than Ottawa news.... Oh, and we also get Detroit SWAT. Is that news? | ||
Mod Member Username: Mod Post Number: 83 Registered: 07-2004 |
Speaking of the news, who were the Channel 7 news ladies that had a very public spat a few years back? What became of them? My apologies for the thread-jack... | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 2357 Registered: 02-2005 |
Our local papers and news channels suck. Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Yes, and Model D are the best sources. | ||
Pmardo Member Username: Pmardo Post Number: 45 Registered: 03-2006 |
Try out the Michigan Citizen, which has very good local news coverage. It comes from a grassroots perspective and highlights a lot of activity in the city. Regular columns from Grace Lee Boggs and Shea Howell. www.michigancitizen.com | ||
Ltorivia485 Member Username: Ltorivia485 Post Number: 2891 Registered: 08-2004 |
Detroit Free Press (freep.com) Detroit News (detnews.com) Detroit Uncovered (underground) Michigan Chronicle Crain's Detroit Business DetroitYes! | ||
Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 238 Registered: 10-2005 |
local Detroit news---this site national news--"The Daily Show" | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 106 Registered: 10-2006 |
WDIV LOCAL 4 | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 404 Registered: 10-2006 |
The perpetrator of the fight got canned. The other was Carolyn Clifford. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 11180 Registered: 10-2003 |
Street prophets. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1270 Registered: 12-2004 |
This site, model d, the freep, and crains. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1513 Registered: 11-2003 |
Detroit Times---but for some reason, it has not appeared on my doorstep for quite a while now. If jjaba were still hawking it, he would have been by long ago to collect. | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 3697 Registered: 10-2003 |
lol The rock | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 459 Registered: 05-2006 |
WWJ while driving Gave up on WJR. ______________________________ ___________________ That's the truth. If I wanted to hear the reporter's opinion on the news, I'd watch Fox. | ||
Jenay Member Username: Jenay Post Number: 179 Registered: 06-2005 |
www.clickondetroit.com | ||
Perfectgentleman Member Username: Perfectgentleman Post Number: 152 Registered: 03-2006 |
www.debbieschlussel.com baby! You know you love her, you can't live without her! | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 368 Registered: 12-2006 |
WXYZ, WWJ, Detroit Yes, Model D. | ||
Newlaster Member Username: Newlaster Post Number: 204 Registered: 06-2004 |
Detroit Yes, WDET-FM, Crain's | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 2277 Registered: 10-2004 |
quote: That's because both papers use DY as the primary basis for their spelling and style guides. | ||
Mthouston Member Username: Mthouston Post Number: 688 Registered: 01-2006 |
quote: LOL....  | ||
Dave Member Username: Dave Post Number: 128 Registered: 10-2003 |
The bar during Happy Hour. dave | ||
Scs_scooter Member Username: Scs_scooter Post Number: 15 Registered: 07-2006 |
The Freep in the morning and ClickonDetroit.com in the evening. | ||
Mod Member Username: Mod Post Number: 87 Registered: 07-2004 |
www.wxyz.com It gives new meaning to "multi-media" LOL | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 1689 Registered: 11-2003 |
WDET, D-Yes, Free Press | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8197 Registered: 12-2003 |
Overall, the best news source in the CBD is Footless Mike, the Dread in the Wheelchair with Heaven in his Eyes. WDET, under duress. ClickonDetroit.com since they seem to be the ONLY TV news that gives any energy to the city. Freep...but yes, they have gotten weak since the sale...thank goodness my favorite columnist, Susan Ager, is still there. (I've got to bring her up to raise Jelk's blood pressure occasionally) Plus, they've kept Heather Newman around, too...she rocks. I dunno...I spend time here because our collective reporting, with error correction and other services provided through our friends at Hotfudge, is nearly instantaneous...and with usually MULTIPLE perspectives can be much more fully reported. As a thread develops, errors are weeded out...so it is largely a self-editing storyboard. Cheers from my watchpost, John | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1655 Registered: 06-2004 |
Hey, how is Mike? I recently saw him in passing & he didn't look like he was doing so good (I know of him, don't really know him personally). | ||
Emuaaron Member Username: Emuaaron Post Number: 11 Registered: 07-2005 |
Thanks everyone. There were a few new ones listed that i was unaware of. Gannon, you've got me going with the Susan Ager comment. That woman makes me miserable. I can't imagine dedicating my life to something that is as devoid of substance as her column. i've seen potted plants that contribute more to society than her. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8200 Registered: 12-2003 |
Lilpup, It's been a while for me, too...at least three weeks or so. He is around the Market on Saturday mornings often...I think he lives in the apartments north of here. Sometimes I'd see him outside that McDonalds on Mack at I-75...and usually near the stadia on any game day. Mike ain't no dummy, and is fascinating to talk with...his outlook is precious, and he can be wickedly funny. I hope he's OK. He is the weariest beautiful wandering soul I know. Emuaaron, Glad to be of service. Susan is absolutely great, and I've found her to be a 'loveability' litmus test. You just failed...might have to get some supernatural intervention to kick start that heart of yours! CHEERS! | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1056 Registered: 11-2004 |
detroityes.com crainsdetroit.com modeldmedia.com metromodemedia.com detnews.com freep.com NPR sometimes while driving | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1185 Registered: 12-2003 |
Gannon, I'm sure you particularly liked the column Ager wrote about showering nude with her husband. The image of that is something I've needed therapy to get over... | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8208 Registered: 12-2003 |
LOL, and I've given her grief over the colostomy article or whatever that procedure is called (I'm absolutely SURE Jelk can chime in here...he's squirming just reading these words!). Hey, that column alone brought the importance of that to many people's attention, however graphically. How did I miss the shower scene article?! What you got against people lovin' and washing?! Where's the harm in them multi-tasking and saving water and time? Heh. Therapy sessions are Saturdays, upstairs at Vivio's...ask the gorgeous brunette barkeep with the dangerous dimples where the group meeting sits. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1093 Registered: 01-2005 |
AP, UPI, Bloomberg...oh I mean Detroit Free Press and News...ya...those. Ahem. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1186 Registered: 12-2003 |
Then there's the column in which Ager, desperately trying to convince us she's a free spirit, confessed to stealing an Italian woman's undies off a clothesline, and wearing them. It's a career based upon oversharing... | ||
Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 78 Registered: 05-2006 |
BRING BACK BILL BONDS!!! | ||
Sirrealone Member Username: Sirrealone Post Number: 3 Registered: 01-2007 |
Free Press and News are good starts, but have gotten a lot "fluffier" over time. WWJ in the car. Also use www.mlive.com which is collection of news stories from non-Detroit area cities but generally can put together a good collection of Detroit, Michigan, and national news. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8223 Registered: 12-2003 |
Ah-h-h, hence the reason I LOVE her so. When someone shares something you don't want or appreciate, it is polite to merely say thank you and excuse yourself. Issuing judgement and gossiping about it is unhealthy for you...worse simply REMEMBERING these things that annoy you. Do you think you could do better with those synapses?! | ||
Chuckles Member Username: Chuckles Post Number: 10 Registered: 02-2007 |
Mod...., I think it was Carolyn Clifford and Monica something (the traffic lady), I heard Monica mouthed off and pushed Carolyn and was fired for it.... Channel 7 for Detroit News info... WWJ 950 for radio news... Detroit News/Freepress for print... I'm with the "Bring back Bill Bonds" crowd... chuckles from zone 28 | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1187 Registered: 12-2003 |
No Gannon, but I think you could do better with YOUR synapses than to waste it on Ager. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 8247 Registered: 12-2003 |
LOL Pffft, I'm absolutely certain that the synapses to the heart as much more important that most in North America are admitting. Cheers! (but you may have a point there...) | ||
Harpernottingham Member Username: Harpernottingham Post Number: 83 Registered: 04-2006 |
This site's excellent. WWJ is OK. Freep and News necessary evils. The typos are more numerous than ever. Lessenberry in the MT on Wednesday, but also his Michigan Radio Web site at http://jackshow.blogs.com/jack / For business features not found in Crain's, DBusiness is pretty good. dbusinessmag.com. Curt Guyette, et al. are pretty darned good at the MT. Local rags can be fun to read for the petty local crimes and even more abundant typos. (Message edited by harpernottingham on February 03, 2007) |
