Federal Grand Jury Indicts Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland
A federal grand jury has indicted Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland on charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery....
Jerome Vaughn is News Director at 101.9 WDET. He joined WDET in 1992 to help chronicle Detroit's comeback and let people around the world know the truth about his hometown.
Vaughn runs the news internship program, providing opportunities for future public radio producers. He has also served as a mentor for NPR's Next Generation Radio Project. Vaughn has won dozens of awards for his reporting. He was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2018.
His interest in news reporting began when he was five years old, after his mom bought him a yellow Panasonic ball and chain radio.
Former WDET Music Host Chris Felcyn Has Died
WDET received word over the weekend that former music host Chris Felcyn has died. Felcyn worked at WDET for many...
Thousands Attend Funeral for Aretha Franklin
Thousands of music fans from around the world packed into Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple for the funeral of Aretha Franklin....
Model D Tells Stories of Detroit’s Cody-Rouge Neighborhood
Detroit’s Cody Rouge neighborhood is the subject of a new reporting project by Model D Media. The website has embedded...
Ontario Voters Likely To See Leadership Change Thursday
Ontario voters head to the polls Thursday to pick a new premier for the province. The battle to become the...
Michigan’s Education Ranking Is Falling
Michigan has plenty of room to improve when it comes to education. A recent report by Education Trust-Midwest finds third...
Welcome to Policy Meets The People!
WDET decided back at the beginning of this year to try to do something a bit different with our reporting...
Detroiters Remember Doctor King’s Assassination 50 Years Later
Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee 50 years ago this week. It was a day few...
“On the Ground” Series Examines Detroit’s North End Neighborhood
Many of Detroit’s neighborhoods are changing and many communities are working to deal with that change. One place where that...
Detroit Native Della Reese Has Died
Singer and actress Della Reese has died. The Detroit native was 86 years old. Reese grew up in Detroit’s Black...
Detroit Journalists Risked Their Lives Covering 1967 Unrest
Members of Detroit’s media corps risked their lives in July 1967 to cover perhaps the city’s most important story of...
Kildee Says Democrats Worried About Republicans After Shooting
Several members of Congress, including Michigan Representative Mike Bishop, were among those targeted by a gunman on a baseball field...
