Authentically Detroit is a BridgeDetroit partner podcast that tells the stories of Detroiters’ lives through exposition and interview. In this episode, hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson talk with M.L. Elrick, investigative journalist turned candidate for city council in District 4.
“If I have a message to get out to the people of Detroit, I know how to do it, and I’m not going to be shy about doing it. And I’m not going to run from a camera and I’m not going to hide from a reporter. And in fact, I’m going to call reporters and I’m going to say, here’s what you need to know. Here’s what we’re doing.”
There’s no better way these days to make a spectacle of yourself than to start coughing — especially if it’s a convulsing, dry cough. Believe me, I know. I’ve been hacking since early February, or before the dreaded “unproductive cough” became a telltale sign of coronavirus infection.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter M.L. Elrick, who spent nearly three decades exposing misdeeds, dirty politicians, and wasteful spending in Detroit, is running for a seat on the Detroit City Council. Elrick announced his bid for council on his podcast ML Soul of Detroit on Tuesday afternoon.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist M.L. Elrick plans to run for Detroit City Council after leaving the Detroit Free Press.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter M.L. Elrick, who spent nearly three decades exposing misdeeds, dirty politicians, and wasteful spending in Detroit, is running for a seat on the Detroit City Council.
DETROIT – For years, people have been fleeing the corner of Lakewood and Waveney on Detroit’s east side.
A Detroit politician once told me that Detroiters were like crabs in a barrel; whenever one crab gets near the top of the barrel, the rest try to pull him down.
When I got the call from Costa Papista pitching a story about a DPS kid with an NHL deal, it took me about 15 seconds to fall in love with the story of Papista’s star defenseman Jalen Smereck.
DETROIT (WJBK) – It’s only natural to want to put your own spin on something; to stamp your name on the search for a solution. You know, in the same way rich folk create new organizations to fight diseases that already have plenty of organizations already fighting them.
