John Gallagher (journalist)

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John T. Gallagher (born 1949) [1] is an American retired business journalist and author. He lives in Detroit, Michigan, and worked at the Detroit Free Press newspaper for more than 30 years. [2] [3]

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John Gallagher was born in New York City. [4] His first role was at the City News Bureau of Chicago, a cooperative news agency where he was able to learn about journalism while on the job. [5] Gallagher joined the Democrat and Chronicle daily newspaper in Rochester, New York in 1978. [5] This was followed by a role at The Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse, New York. [5]

Gallagher joined the Detroit Free Press newspaper in 1987, where he remained until 2019. [5] [6] Gallagher documented Detroit's history for more than three decades, including the history of the auto industry. [6] [7] He participated in the Detroit newspaper strike in 1995, as one of the members of the Newspaper Guild labor union. [8] In 2017, he was inducted into the Michigan Journalist Hall of Fame, awarded by Michigan State University School of Journalism. [8] After leaving his role at the Detroit Free Press in December 2019, Gallagher wrote an open letter to the people of Detroit. He wrote a 2022 article in Metromode about the history of discriminatory mortgage lending practices.

His book Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City (2010) posits ways for the shrinking city to improve. [5] Gallagher's bookYamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity (2015), is a biography of architect Minoru Yamasaki who designed multiple buildings in Detroit. [9] Rust Belt Reporter: A Memoir (2024), is an autobiographical memoir in which Gallagher highlighted his hopeful ideas about Detroit's urban recovery, in light of the city's economic collapse and in an era which traditional newspaper publishing and journalism is in decline. [5]

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  12. "A Reinvention at Age 60". Gracefully Greying. September 21, 2021.