I was intrigued by the reporter so of course I googled.RoyGBiv wrote:Not a ton of applicants for Detroit "on the scene" reporting I guess.Redneck_Buddha wrote:Wow...that reporter!JJVP wrote:More info here. http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/22527 ... -goes-awry" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Honestly, I liked him... Refreshing (when sober)
While a colorful character in many ways Charlie LeDuff really is a reporter. As a reporter at the NY Times he contributed to a Pulitzer Prize winning series on race relations, and was accused of multiple instances of plagiarism.
LeDuff worked on an experimental project for The Times with the Discovery Channel and produced a show called Only in America, which featured participatory journalism where LeDuff played on a semi-professional football team, raced with thoroughbreds, performed in a gay rodeo, joined the circus, preached in Appalachia, joined the elite world of New York models and played one play on special teams for the af2 football club, the Amarillo Dusters.
On July 14, 2006, LeDuff starred in and narrated a documentary on the British channel, BBC Four, called United Gates of America in which he experienced life with the mostly-white, Christian, and middle-class citizens of a gated community Canyon Lake in Riverside County, California.
As of December 2, 2010, LeDuff is a reporter for WJBK-TV, the Fox affiliate in Detroit, Michigan. In 2012, a YouTube video of his reporting on Meals on Wheels became one of the top links of all time on the social network Reddit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_LeDuff