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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

Robyn Vincent, The Metro 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, Robyn Vincent, David Leins 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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  • Politics, Government & Finance

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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Israel Palestinians
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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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  • Politics, Government & Finance

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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anti gun protest
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • CultureShift

When is the right time to publish violent images?

Ryan Patrick Hooper July 29, 2022

It’s an everyday reality in America that a mass shooting could happen anywhere and at any time. This year alone,...

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Carl Bernstein
  • Politics, Government & Finance

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

Quinn Klinefelter February 1, 2022

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

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Emery King
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  • Culture & Music

Journalist Emery King on Race, Trump and Network News

Ann Delisi August 14, 2020

Journalist, news anchor, documentarian and producer Emery King, was born in Gary, Ind. before his career took him to Chicago and...

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