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Detroit Free Press
Ten Pulitzer Prizes. Four Emmy Awards. One hundred and sixty-eight years of coverage. On May 5, 1831, before Michigan had even entered statehood, the first issue of the Detroit Free Press came hot off the presses as The Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer. This historic newspaper achieved other firsts including first U.S. newspaper to print a regular Sunday edition, first U.S. newspaper to publish court testimony, and first American newspaper published in Europe when it began a London edition in 1881.
Scholars of labor relations, union history, and the automotive industry will find the Detroit Free Press a fundamental and must-have resource for insight on the birth of the Motor City, development of the United Automobile Workers (UAW), and auto manufacturing. Others find essential reporting on art and architecture, the race riots of 1943 and 1967, the Detroit Tigers, and Motown. In addition to these defining characteristics of Detroit, the Free Press also provides the scoop on national and international events from a regional perspective, as well as detailed coverage of daily life in the community.
