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Visited at a pop up event at Eastern Market and spoke to some of the authors. Some great authors…read moreand publications!

Full disclosure: I was friendly with a former editor of this newspaper, so I'm biased…read more However, I think this newspaper, which comes out twice a week, does a nice job with local community news, including covering the thriving Middle Eastern subculture in Dearborn. I'm not sure they're still doing it, but the last time I checked, the paper did a special business section in conjunction with the American Arab Chamber of Commerce on a regular basis, for instance. The paper is attractive, with a well-designed front page. And, of course, most importantly, the news is well-written and relevant to the residents of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights.

Great local hometown paper...interesting articles!! I look forward to it every other week!!read more

Crain's Detroit Business is a business-to-business publication, so it's not terribly useful for the…read moreaverage joe. However, if you're a business owner in Metro Detroit or just like the inside scoop on business trends, it's a good publication. Full disclosure: I work part-time for another Michigan-based business-to-business publication, so I'm somewhat biased. However, I think Crain's does a good job for the niche it fills. They do less well with the outlying communities; in my opinion, several smaller business-to-business publications do a better job of very local business reporting. However, Crain's does a nice job with specific Detroit news that's relevant to local business people. The covers are bright and glossy. Inside, the business features inside are well designed and interesting, and the hard business news is handled well, too. The associated website is also useful and easy to navigate.

Came here for a meeting...which happened to wind up being on the same floor of the building that I…read moreworked on 15 years ago for a completely different company. It literally hasn't changed at all. Crain's is great at doing what they do, so if you're a business owner, you may well find yourself here at some point in time. Coffee shop's got solid coffee, and that's really one of the most important things, right? Right.

Great community bilingual news paper, It's been around for over 30 years. It really captures the…read morelocal Spanish community. Printed in dual languages weekly.

El Central is a bi-lingual (Spanish/English) bi-weekly newspaper. Typically articles are reported…read morein both languages, which makes this an excellent resource if you're learning either language, a great way to contextualize your reading. The coverage is not extensive, and it's a rather short read - but I find it an invaluable text and the perfect size when sitting down for a cup of coffee in Southwest.

Full disclosure: I once worked for Heritage Newspapers, and I still have friends who work for…read moreHeritage and specifically for the Courier. The Courier lost some subscribers when it was bought by the Journal Register Company, the parent company that oversees the Heritage papers of Western Wayne and Washtenaw County. Those subscribers probably felt it was less of a hometown paper, and many were probably upset by the fact that the Ypsilanti office was closed and staff was consolidated with the staff that covers Belleville. However, I think that the folks putting out the paper really are trying to do a good job. I remember the Courier under the original owners, and I think the paper looks better these days. The layout is consistently cleaner and more interesting under the new owners, and community pages are full of photos of local doings. The report is also decent to good. A July edition had lots of election coverage on the front page and inside coverage ranged from business news to stories about Eastern Michigan unive rsity to news about millage efforts.

I look forward to every Thursday after work, when I open my mailbox to find a folded up copy of the…read moreweek's Jewish News. Not long ago, there was an offer for a free year's subscription for recent college graduates, and so I joined the legions of my kinsmen in subscribing. True to my genetics, I read from right to left, starting with obituaries and ending with an increasingly provocative editorial by the publisher, Arthur Horwitz. In between, you can read about who's celebrating marriages, births, circumcisions, 90th birthdays, anniversaries. There is a great weekly food column by Danny Raskin, who is as old as the hills. And you can get a bunch of wire stories from the Jewish Telegraph service. But I, like most people, mostly read it to find out who's doing what in the community. It's a good read, especially when it's free!