Quinn Klinefelter is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, anchoring midday newscasts and preparing reports for WDET, NPR and the BBC. Klinefelter joined WDET in 1998 after earning a M.A. from the nation's top-ranked journalism school, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and working as a sports correspondent for BBC Radio 4 and as a talk show host, anchor and reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio.

He has won over 50 awards for his work from groups including CBS Radio, the Associated Press, the Wisconsin and Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He has covered government and politics for WDET, including interviewing numerous presidential candidates, Michigan governors and every Detroit mayor elected in the 21st century. He also regularly reports on sports and entertainment, including covering 20 editions of the Indianapolis 500.

He was literally on top of the news when he finished an interview with then-Senator Bob Dole by stepping on his shoes.

Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley’s Miller hearing to resume this week

A hearing continues this week to determine whether the teen who killed four classmates at Oxford High School in November...

Judge will decide if Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley will face life without parole sentence

A judge will decide this week if school shooter Ethan Crumbley, who killed four classmates and injured several more people...

Former Detroit firefighter and police pension chair reflects on personal cost of city’s bankruptcy

This month marks 10 years since Detroit became the largest U.S. city to ever file for bankruptcy. Then-emergency manager Kevyn...

Reflecting on Detroit’s bankruptcy 10 years later

It’s been 10 years since the city of Detroit, drowning in roughly $18 billion in debt, filed for Chapter 9...

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords endorses Slotkin for US Senate

Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, one of the leading candidates to replace Michigan’s soon-to-retire U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, is getting...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers another air quality alert for Michigan

Michigan environmental officials warn wildfire smoke from Canada is again affecting the air in significant portions of the state. Officials...

Biden taps Sperling to smooth UAW contract talks with Detroit automakers

The Biden administration is dispatching one of its top economic advisors to help smooth over relations between the United Auto...

AAA says 1.7M Michiganders are traveling for July Fourth

AAA Michigan predicts more people will travel by land, sea and air this Fourth of July season than any other...

Detroit officials celebrate renovated Roosevelt Park in Corktown

Roosevelt Park reopened earlier this week following major renovations with $6 million in funding provided in part from the American...

Trump blasts Democrats, criminal charges against him during Novi speech

Former President Donald Trump is continuing his accusation that the numerous criminal charges against him are an effort to drive...

Feds want railroad companies to share cargo list after every derailment

The federal government is proposing that trains traveling through Michigan and across the U.S. automatically inform first responders of all...

NTSB train derailment hearing starts this week

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold hearings this week on what led to February’s train derailment in East Palestine,...