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Veteran Detroit news anchor Devin Scillian speaks with Metro co-host Robyn Vincent at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island.
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The Metro at MPC: Devin Scillian on his career, attacks on the media

Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent, Jenny Sherman, The Metro May 28, 2025

News media has changed a lot. In just the last decade, people have more access to information than they have...

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(From left) WDET's Jenny Sherman, Pat Batcheller, Tia Graham, Alex McLenon, Jerome Vaughn and Mary Zatina at the SPJ Detroit Chapter's 2024 Award Ceremony and Banquet, May 14, 2025.
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WDET earns 25 awards from Society of Professional Journalists – Detroit

Jenny Sherman May 15, 2025

WDET took home 25 awards at the Society of Professional Journalists - Detroit Chapter awards banquet Wednesday night, including four...

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The Metro: How President Trump’s hostile relationship with the press is playing out for NPR, PBS

The Metro, Robyn Vincent, Cary Junior II May 1, 2025

Editor's note: This episode of The Metro aired prior to the president signing an executive order directing federal funding cuts to...

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Palestinians inspect the rubble at a refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza Strip, after an Israeli air strike killed dozens of people, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.
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The Metro: Investigation probes unprecedented number of journalists killed in Gaza

The Metro, Robyn Vincent April 8, 2025

 Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Gaza is a “news graveyard,” according to the Costs of...

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The Metro: The crisis of local news in the age of AI and Trump

The Metro, David Leins, Robyn Vincent February 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.Artificial intelligence is entering nearly every profession. It can help gain insights...

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The airwaves are full of information, and misinformation.
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Detroit journalist creates tool to monitor misinformation in Spanish language media

Pat Batcheller January 29, 2025

English speaking media are not the only news sources fighting the rising tide of misinformation and disinformation infiltrating American politics....

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The Israel-Hamas war is taking a deadly toll on journalists

Russ McNamara May 21, 2024

It's been two years since Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an Israeli sniper. She was on the...

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From left: WDET "Morning Edition" host Pat Batcheller and WDET reporters Nargis Rahman and Alex McLenon pose with their Society of Professional Journalism Detroit awards.
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WDET nabs 12 Society of Professional Journalists awards, including five first-place wins

Dave Kim May 16, 2024

Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET won several awards at the Society of Professional Journalism Detroit's annual ceremony on Wednesday, earning...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Henderson wears many hats in local media, all of which aim to center Detroit voices.
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DER Weekends: Stephen Henderson building a local news culture centering Detroit voices

Sascha Raiyn November 24, 2023

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET's Sascha Raiyn talks with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson...

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Former President Donald Trump arrives at court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York.
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Are news organizations finally catching up to Trump’s antics?

Russ McNamara April 20, 2023

When Donald Trump rode the escalator down into our daily lives to announce he was running for president, he fundamentally...

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white man with a purple shirt and tie smiles in front of a weather map
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WDIV’s Paul Gross retires after 40 years forecasting Detroit weather

Pat Batcheller January 30, 2023

Paul Gross has covered a lot of weather in four decades, including tornadoes, blizzards, heat waves and floods. The affable...

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Jemele Hill smiles in front of a microphone in the WDET studios
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Jemele Hill shares her journalistic journey in new memoir, ‘Uphill’

Ryan Patrick Hooper November 17, 2022

She started out as a high school journalist in a program right here in Detroit, and has gone on to...

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