M. L. Elrick

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Michael L. Elrick (born 1968) is an American journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, where he has worked for the Detroit Free Press and for WJBK-TV. [1] [2]

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Elrick attended the Grosse Pointe school system; attending Defer Elementary, Pierce Middle, and graduated from GP South High in 1985. Elrick graduated from Michigan State University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. He wrote for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor , and Daily Southtown in Chicago. His work has appeared in The New York Times , Newsday , Investigative Reporters and Editors Journal , Salon.com, Rollingstone.com, the National Law Journal , Chicago Magazine and Hour Detroit magazine. He teaches journalism at Wayne State University, Michigan State, and University of Michigan-Dearborn. [3]

With the Detroit Free Press Elrick was one member of a team that covered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and uncovered the scandals that led to his 2008 resignation from office and criminal conviction. [4] Elrick and other reporters filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that was heard by the Michigan Supreme Court. [5] The Detroit Free Press staff, which notably included contributors Elrick and Jim Schaefer, shared the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, which cited the staff's "uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail terms for the two officials." [6]

Elrick was a news reporter for both stations Fox-2 and WDIV Channel 4 in Detroit. He is considering a run for Detroit City Council in 2021.

He is married and has two children.

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  6. 1 2 "The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Local Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-02. With short biographies and reprints of ten works (Free Press articles January 24 to September 5, 2008).
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