Sprockets & Cogs

Amy Lee

Journalism Experience The Detroit News, Detroit, Mich. (daily circulation 223,085)

City hall reporter, January 2006 to August 2007: led two major multi-media projects on Detroit’s crumbling neighborhoods and on the 40^th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riot. Day-to-day duties include covering daily city council meetings and breaking news/general assignment reporting.

 

Wayne County enterprise reporter, June 2005 to January 2006: Broke news about a proposed $100 million mass transit project to connect Detroit with Ann Arbor, a “dead zone” in Lake Erie and  exposed the tax abuses of mobile home park owners. Covered Super Bowl XL and the 2006 World Series.

 

Oakland County bureau reporter, April 2001 to June 2005: General assignment reporter with concentrations in K-12 education, environmental issues and political coverage.

 

The Times Herald, Port Huron, Mich. (daily 31,000, Sunday 43,800)

Criminal justice reporter, August 1999 to March 2001: Lead reporter on a three-person criminal justice team. Covered breaking news and circuit court trials, including both child sex abuse trials of former Port Huron Mayor Gerald “Ajax” Ackerman and the Ariana Swinson child murder case.

 

Additional Journalism Experience

Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Mich. (daily 70,800, Sunday 94,000)

City desk reporter, September 1998 to August 1999, and intern, September 1997 to May 1998.

The Saginaw News, Saginaw, Mich. (daily 55,115, Sunday 60,000)

Intern, summers 1998, 1997, 1996.

Labour Militant, London, England (weekly circulation 123,000)

Intern, fall 1996.

 

Awards & Education

Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Evanston, Ill.

Master of Science candidate, new media concentration, June 2008.

Honors: McCormick Tribune Scholar

Michigan Associated Press Editorial Association

Received multiple honors for excellence in reporting between 2001-2006, including first place for investigative reporting in 2001.

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

Bachelor of Arts, journalism major, 1999.

 

Industry Involvement

New Media

Adept at capturing, editing and posting audio during live assignments. Served on the online task force to determine the look of the Sunday Detroit News Web site in 2006.

Leadership

Served on various task forces at The Detroit News, including suburban coverage and the relaunch of the solo Saturday paper in 2006. Mentor two recently hired metro reporters.