Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press
On Guard for 193 Years
The September 11, 2011, front page of the Detroit Free Press, with Eric Millikin art and Mitch Albom column about the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
(Detroit Media Partnership)
PresidentTimothy Gruber
EditorNicole Avery Nichols[1]
Founded1831
Headquarters160 W. Fort St.
Detroit, Michigan 48226
United States
Circulation
  • 53,080 Daily
  • 103,606 Sunday
(as of Q3 2022)[2][3]
ISSN1055-2758
OCLC number137343179
Websitewww.freep.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primarily serves Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties.

The Free Press is also the largest city newspaper owned by Gannett, which also publishes USA Today. The Free Press has received ten Pulitzer Prizes[4] and four Emmy Awards.[5] Its motto is "On Guard for 193 Years".

In 2018, the Detroit Free Press received two Salute to Excellence awards from the National Association of Black Journalists.[6]

  1. ^ "Nicole Avery Nichols named new editor of the Detroit Free Press". Detroit Free Press. May 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Gannett. "Form 10-K". Securities & Exchange Commission. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Benton, Joshua (March 9, 2023). "The scale of local news destruction in Gannett's markets is astonishing". Nieman Lab.
  4. ^ Reindl, JC (April 14, 2014). "Free Press' Stephen Henderson wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize for commentary". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Detroit Free Press wins 4th Emmy Award for Christ Child House". Detroit Free Press. Michigan Federation for Children and Families. September 22, 2009. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Salute to Excellence Winners". National Association of Black Journalists. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

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