Press & broadcasting / Literature
Charlie LeDuff
born 1966 · journalist, author, TV reporter, podcaster
Pulitzer-winning reporter raised in Westland who came home to cover Detroit's collapse for The Detroit News and Fox 2, and wrote Detroit: An American Autopsy.
- Born
Portsmouth, Virginia
age 60- Birth name
- Charles Royal LeDuff
- Detroit years
- 1970s–1980s, 2008–present
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
LeDuff grew up in Westland, a working-class suburb west of Detroit, attended Churchill High School in Livonia and the University of Michigan, and worked as a teacher, carpenter and cannery hand before joining The New York Times, where he shared a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for the series How Race Is Lived in America. In 2008 he returned to the Detroit area to write for The Detroit News, then moved to WJBK Fox 2 in 2010 as an on-air reporter. His stories, often first-person and theatrical, chronicled the city's bankruptcy years, from a frozen body in an abandoned warehouse to corruption at City Hall, and his book Detroit: An American Autopsy (2013) became a bestseller. His methods have also drawn defamation suits and accusations of distortion, which he has disputed. He later launched the No BS News Hour.
Highlights
- Shared the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with The New York Times
- Detroit: An American Autopsy (2013)
- Reporter for The Detroit News (2008–2010) and WJBK Fox 2 (2010–2016)
- Host of the No BS News Hour
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Worked here · 2010–2016
WJBK Fox 2 Detroit studios
The Fox-owned station where he worked as an on-air reporter.