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Writers

Charlie LeDuff

Robert Frank’s Unsentimental Journey

A profile of the famed photographer.

Charlie LeDuff Vanity Fair Apr 2008 25min Permalink

My Detroit Story

A series of first-person essays on a reporter’s relationship with his city. Excerpted from the upcoming Detroit: An American Autopsy.

  1. Part 1: Off the Chain

  2. Part 2: My Grandfather Royal LeDuff

  3. Part 3: Black Like Me

Charlie LeDuff Fox 2 Detroit Feb 2011 30min Permalink

Arts Media

What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones?

In Detroit, the aftermath of a reality-TV SWAT raid that killed a sleeping seven-year-old.

Charlie LeDuff Mother Jones Nov 2010 Permalink

Best Article Arts Food

Some Things Never Die

Race relations at the gigantic and soul-crushing Smithfield slaughterhouse, where annual turnover is 100 percent: 5,000 people are hired, 5,000 quit.

Charlie LeDuff New York Times Jun 2000 25min Permalink