She has been an effective and valued partner in pushing the Free Press forward on matters journalistic and especially in our ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts. Her influence is felt every day in our work and in how we operate as a news organization.
Avery Nichols started her career as a weekend reporter at the Utica Observer-Dispatch in upstate New York more than 25 years ago. From the start, and throughout her work at several newspapers and magazines, she has been committed to creating space for underrepresented people within the realm of mainstream media.
Music boomed from a motorcycle, as the scent of fried chicken weighted the air. A thin girl, in a white jumpsuit, kicked-off a hustle in the street. Avery is from Long Island, New York. Avery Nichols is married to journalist Darren Nichols, and they have twins who will be teenagers soon.
And I am impressed by the passion Detroiters have for this place. Everyone keeps telling me I moved to Detroit at the right time. And who could argue, given the city's "comeback," its ongoing issues and the region's never-ending flow of news?
Everyone also asks me if I can handle winter here. No worries: I grew up in the cold, wet, snowy Palouse Country of eastern Washington state. Many have asked what my priorities are.
They are relatively simple: Make sure we continue to produce a steady stream of revelatory, original journalism that informs our audience about issues that matter here, and continue our transition to digital delivery of news and information. There is a great deal of good journalism in Detroit and Michigan, but the tradition of the Free Press and the expectation of our audience is that we will lead. I am committed to that journalistic tradition, and to growing our already enormous digital audience, which will be more than 70 million page views this January alone.
In the weeks ahead, we will launch a refocusing of our news operation that emphasizes those two priorities. Our traditional focus on the auto industry, of course, will continue. But we will put more resources into coverage of the issues that define the city, region and state — documenting success and failure — and into holding our government, schools and universities, and even our sports teams accountable. Expect more investigative work, more great storytelling and more reporting that brings contemporary issues into sharper focus.
Immigration, the scourge of opioids, people finding success and being left behind in Detroit's comeback, entrepreneurs and innovators: These topics and more are in our plans. It is no secret that newsrooms don't have the resources they once had. But the Free Press is blessed with an enormously able group of reporters, photographers, columnists, videographers and editors, and we will leverage their good works for maximum impact on freep.
I have heard for many years from readers and critics of journalism that it is dying. Not true. Journalism has never been healthier, given the expansion of its availability by technology and creation of numerous new journalism models, especially nonprofits. And while print will not last forever, the appetite for the kind of truth-telling journalism produced by newsrooms like ours has never been keener.
While we are not immune to the partisan name-calling coming out of Washington, D. Yes, the technology has made the news more partisan, especially on cable TV, but journalists in the mainstream are still successfully bringing home reported, honest news. Are there issues with the press today? I have been irritated at the national press for its focus on the president's tweets rather than on his policies. The stories circulating now — 10 months before the midterm elections — suggesting the GOP's majorities in Congress are imperiled are way premature, in my opinion.
I'm asked regularly if the First Amendment is in peril.
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