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Rust Belt Reporter: A Memoir

Rust Belt Reporter: A Memoir

Henderson, Stephen
Gallagher, John
Klug, Thomas A.

Hardcover

Series: Great Lakes Books

Biographies GeneralWriting InstructionRegional: Midwest

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ISBN10: 0814351484
ISBN13: 9780814351482
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Sep 10 2024
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.33 Depth: 8.28
Language: English

The decline and resurgence of a storied Midwestern city as seen through the eyes of a seasoned journalist, union activist, and Detroit devotee.

Winner, Saginaw Valley State University's 2025-2026 Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature

Reflecting on his life's work as a reporter, including thirty-two years with the Detroit Free Press, journalist John Gallagher merges memoir with an insider's account of the challenges facing Detroit and other Rust Belt cities, as well as the tensions inside local newsrooms throughout the country.

Beginning with Gallagher's first job in 1974 in Chicago, with subsequent stops in Rochester and Syracuse, New York, this witty and exciting chronicle details his experiences behind the scenes, breaking major news stories over the decades that followed. From the early days when reporters called in stories on pay phones to today's revenue-generating affiliate commissions, his memoir serves as a documentary of this turbulent journalistic era. Gallagher's career intersected many notable events, including the troubled Kilpatrick administration, newspaper strikes, the federal bailout of automotive companies, the bankruptcy of Detroit, and the exceptional Grand Bargain struck to save the city--all while noting the increasingly important roles nonprofits and private companies play in city politics and newsrooms, for better and for worse.

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