Group Recommends Police Oversight Changes, Stripping Mayor’s Office of Appointment Power
City Bureau The Regional Transit Authority is conducting a study on expanding transit services across counties and a focus group proposed...
Eleanore Catolico is Civic Reporter with 101.9 WDET, covering local affairs with the Detroit Documenters program. Catolico was born in Detroit and raised in the suburbs. She has worked as a freelancer covering criminal justice and education in Chicago. She was part of the inaugural cohort of City Bureau’s civic reporting fellowship program in 2015 and is a former documenter. She was a finalist for a 2018 Peter Lisagor Award in education reporting for her profile “Losing Harper High School.” After coming back to the city last year, Catolico completed fellowships with the Detroit Equity Action Lab and the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, focusing on water quality and affordability in the Great Lakes region. She moved to Chicago in 2008 and earned her B.A. in English at DePaul University in 2013.
When not reporting, Catolico can be found at local techno shows.
Murals in the Market Could Be Impacted As Historic Designation Process Moves Forward
Murals in the Market, the annual public art festival based in Eastern Market and produced by arts collective 1xRun, invites local and...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Takes on Marathon Petroleum in Local Congressional Hearing on Pollution
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Rep. Harley Rouda (D-California) heard testimonials from a five-member panel of environmental experts and advocates...
Highland Park Residents: Text WDET With Your Concerns About Water Quality
101.9 WDET is partnering with Outlier Media to introduce a texting service for Highland Park residents to identify gaps in...
Wayne County Prosecutors to Review 300 Cases Involving Claims of Innocence
Editor's note: This post and headline has been updated to include more information on what the Wayne County Commission will...
Activists Call For Ballot Initiative On Police Use of Facial Recognition Tech
A coalition of Detroit civil rights organizations blasted Detroit Police over the proposed use of facial recognition technology, citing potential for...
Detroit Police: New Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Will Have Minimal Impact on Operations
The Detroit Police Department said new laws regarding civil asset forfeiture will have a minimal impact on their street-level operations during...
Activists Confront Water Board, Education Commission Expands After School Bus Service
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department presented a new pilot program and the Community Education Commission announced an expansion of...
Highland Park Turns Attention to Water Line Repairs, Funding, After Lead Scare
Eighteen homes have tested for elevated lead levels in the second round of testing in Highland Park, water department director Damon...
3,499 Detroit Homes Had Water Shutoff In July. That’s An Improvement.
Correction appended, 3:00 pm, Aug. 20, 2019: The original headline on this story misstated the time period that the water...
School Suspensions, State Surveillance: Detroit News You Missed this Past Month
Detroit Public Schools are revised the district's Student Code of Conduct even though some teachers say past actions haven't improved...
Highland Park Water: We Answered All Your Questions about Lead Detection in Drinking Supply
Jake Neher/WDET Nine homes in Highland Park tested for elevated leads of lead in their drinking water earlier this month. Many...