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The Detroit Free Press has long been known for newspaper innovation as well as distinguished journalism. Selected milestones:
2008: The Free Press wins two national Emmys from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its videos “40 Years of Respect” and “Pit Bulls: Companions or Killers?”
2007: The Free Press becomes the first Pulitzer-winning newsroom to also produce a national Emmy Award-winning video for the documentary, “Michigan’s Band of Brothers.”
2005: The Free Press begins printing on state-of-the-art MAN Roland presses weighing 36 tons each and capable of producing 75,000 copies an hour (or 21 per second).
1996: The Free Press enters the digital era with the launch of freep.com. The Web site’s popularity has grown enormously since then and this year, got 3.8 million page views in a single day.
1990: Free Press photojournalist David C. Turnley wins the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for pictures taken at international news events.
1989: Staff photojournalist Manny Crisostomo wins the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for pictures taken during a year-long project at Southwestern High School.
1981: Photojournalist Taro Yamasaki wins the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for pictures taken inside Jackson Prison.
1979: The Free Press becomes the largest newspaper in the country to be printed by an offset press.
1968: The Free Press staff wins the Pulitzer Prize for general local reporting for coverage of the 1967 Detroit riot.
1956: Reporter Lee Hills wins the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting on deadline for coverage of auto negotiations.
1955: Royce Howes wins the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing for a series on an unauthorized strike at Chrysler.
1945: Ken McCormick wins the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting on bribery and corruption involving state lawmakers.
1945: Free Press correspondent Marjorie Avery, one of few women covering the war zone, is on hand as U.S. and Soviet armies link up near the end of World War II. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower invites Free Press Editorial Director Malcolm Bingay to tour Nazi death camps.
1932: W.P. Richards, P.D. Martin, J.S. Pooler, F.D. Webb and J.N.W. Sloan win the Pulitzer Prize for reporting for coverage of a parade at the American Legion’s national convention.
1892: The Free Press installs the first linotype machine in Michigan so stories can be printed faster, allowing for more up-to-date news in the daily paper.
1853: The Free Press publishes the first Sunday edition in the United States.
1831: The Free Press begins publication. On guard for 177 years, it remains Detroit’s oldest continuously operated business.
Most recently, the Free Press and its staff were cited as winners in the following contests:
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Associated Press Managing Editors annual awards
Eugene Pulliam First Amendment Award
Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Issues
Society of American Business Writers and Editors
National Press Photographers Association
Associated Press Sports Editors awards
Robert C. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership
Michigan Press Association awards
Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame
Society of Newspaper Design
National Association of Black Journalists
Michigan Press Photographers Association
Society of Professional Journalists – Detroit
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