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==Awards==
==Awards==
* 2009 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Journalism<ref name=pulitzer>[http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2009-Local-Reporting "The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Local Reporting"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-02. With short biographies and reprints of ten works (''Free Press'' articles January 24 to September 5, 2008).</ref>
* 2009 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Journalism<ref name=pulitzer>[http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2009-Local-Reporting "The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Local Reporting"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-02. With short biographies and reprints of ten works (''Free Press'' articles January 24 to September 5, 2008).</ref>
* 2009 1st Amendment Watchdog Award <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hof.jrn.msu.edu/bios/erlick.html |title= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-11-02}}{{dead link|date=November 2013}}</ref>
* 2009 1st Amendment Watchdog Award <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hof.jrn.msu.edu/bios/erlick.html |title= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-11-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20120709185422/http://hof.jrn.msu.edu/bios/erlick.html |archivedate=July 9, 2012 }}</ref>
* 2008 [[List of George Polk Award Winners|George Polk Award]]
* 2008 [[List of George Polk Award Winners|George Polk Award]]
* 2008 [[Associated Press]] Managing Editors Public Service Award
* 2008 [[Associated Press]] Managing Editors Public Service Award

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Michael L. Elrick (born 1968) is an American journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, where he has worked for the Detroit Free Press and for WJBK-TV.[1][2]

Elrick graduated from Michigan State University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. He wrote for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, and Daily Southtown in Chicago. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, Investigative Reporters and Editors Journal, Salon.com, Rollingstone.com, the National Law Journal, Chicago Magazine and Hour Detroit magazine. He teaches journalism at Wayne State University, Michigan State, and University of Michigan-Dearborn.[3]

With the Detroit Free Press Elrick was one member of a team that covered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and uncovered the scandals that led to his 2008 resignation from office and criminal conviction.[4] To break the case open, the reporters filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that was heard by the Michigan Supreme Court.[5] The Detroit Free Press staff, which notably included contributors Elrick and Jim Schaefer, shared the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, which cited the staff's "uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail terms for the two officials."[6]

He is married and has two children.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "M.L. Elrick – Fox 2 News Headlines". Myfoxdetroit.com. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  2. ^ Jean, Mallary (2012-08-01). "M.L. Elrick leaves Detroit Free Press to join WJBK-TV". Poynter. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  3. ^ "M.L. Elrick: Institute for Local Government". Umd.umich.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  4. ^ "Kilpatrick pleads guilty, resigns", Detroit Free Press, Aug. 7, 2008
  5. ^ "Previous Award Winners - Long Island University". Liu.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  6. ^ a b "The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Local Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-02. With short biographies and reprints of ten works (Free Press articles January 24 to September 5, 2008).
  7. ^ https://web.archive.org/20120709185422/http://hof.jrn.msu.edu/bios/erlick.html. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-198349826.html. Retrieved 2013-11-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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