Quinn Klinefelter is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, anchoring midday newscasts and preparing reports for WDET, NPR and the BBC. Klinefelter joined WDET in 1998 after earning a M.A. from the nation's top-ranked journalism school, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and working as a sports correspondent for BBC Radio 4 and as a talk show host, anchor and reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio.

He has won over 50 awards for his work from groups including CBS Radio, the Associated Press, the Wisconsin and Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He has covered government and politics for WDET, including interviewing numerous presidential candidates, Michigan governors and every Detroit mayor elected in the 21st century. He also regularly reports on sports and entertainment, including covering 20 editions of the Indianapolis 500.

He was literally on top of the news when he finished an interview with then-Senator Bob Dole by stepping on his shoes.

Ukraine supporters rally in Warren

With patriotic songs and tearful testimonies, hundreds gathered on Sunday in a banquet hall at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in...

Carl Bernstein’s “Chasing History” chronicles his journalism career and critiques modern newsgathering

One of the nations’ most celebrated journalists says those trying to find “the best obtainable version of the truth” today...

Oxford shooter’s attorneys planning insanity defense

Update 2:33 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28: This story has been updated with a statement from Oxford Community Schools. Attorneys for...

Oxford High School students and staff return

Students and staff returned to Oxford High School Monday, two months after gunfire took the lives of four teens. It’s...

Michigan Sen. Rosemary Bayer on proposed gun safety legislation: “We need stronger laws here”

Experts say the Oakland County prosecutor took an unusual step by charging the parents of the alleged shooter at Oxford...

Some Oxford Students Return to Classrooms

Some students in Oxford return to classes Monday. Officials in essence shut the school system down last month after a gunman...

Union Workers Vote to Accept New Five-Year Contract with Kellogg

Union workers at the Kellogg company have approved a new contract with the cereal maker.   Members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco...

Omicron Cases Hit Michigan, But Drug to Combat the Variant Is in Short Supply

Michigan health officials say hospitals are being overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases just as the much more contagious omicron variant is...

Oxford Schools Superintendent Seeks ‘Full, Transparent’ Review as Nessel Offers to Investigate

State of Michigan Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says her office is willing to investigate how school officials handled several...

James and Jennifer Crumbley Arrested in Detroit

This is a developing story. Come back to WDET.org and tune into WDET 101.9 FM for the latest updates. The parents of the teenager who shot...

Oxford High School Student Charged as Adult in Shooting

Prosecutors in Michigan are charging a 15-year-old boy as an adult with pre-meditated murder for allegedly shooting to death four...

Southeast Michigan Schools Cancel Classes Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday Amid COVID-19 Surge

Several Metro Detroit school districts will close for this entire week as officials battle a rise in COVID-19 cases.  That...