Christine MacDonald

I am an investigative reporter and editor for the Detroit Free Press. Got a tip? [email protected]

[violeta ognianova ikonomova @violetikon]

Last week we reported on the glut of unlawful immigrant detentions in Michigan. We now go deeper into the cases of 100 detainees who sought release. 1/2 lived in the US for 10+ yrs. 1/4 are parents. Few had criminal recs. w/ @Dave_Boucher1 @BekiSanMartin1: https://t.co/mjheAeO9he

[violeta ognianova ikonomova @violetikon]

A hand in a pocket. A red solo cup. A teen out 7 mins past curfew.

Detroit cops jumped out on these males for minor reasons. Major violence followed. See what drives 20% of dept shootings in my latest investigation & how 1 caused a family to flee the city https://t.co/2qSa7XJ4iz

[Daily News Union @NYDNUnion]

We've been without a contract, a newsroom, or even an all-staff meeting for 3 years.

No raises in at least 5.

Our editors never come to the bargaining table — our hedge fund owners only send their lawyers.

So last night we went looking for Exec. Ed. Andrew Julien on the UWS.

[Christine MacDonald @cmacfreep]

@andreamsahouri @MichiganPress Exactly! ❤️

[Dave Boucher @Dave_Boucher1]

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, weighs in on our story about a local woman detained by ICE after going to police to report an alleged assault https://t.co/7Mwr1coF77

[David Wildstein @wildstein]

Four years after journalists from three North Jersey newspapers voted to unionize, @gannett has agreed to a contract with @therecordguild.

https://t.co/ZLAGaFbvLR

[Andrea May Sahouri @andreamsahouri]

Police: Tamela ran when they asked 4 her cell/had her laptop wiped after a boy burned alive inside a hyperbaric chamber.

Still, they found msgs: Pics of his body &“If my leg was on fire,I would at least try to…put it out. He just laid there &did nothing” https://t.co/AJpCP3qlQq

[Andrea May Sahouri @andreamsahouri]

Lawsuits: A deputy at 1 point refused to search for a mom,kids who froze to death in a field, complaining it was a “dumbass welfare check,” “homeless ppl being homeless.”

“The kids will still be there in a f—ing hour… people in Pontiac just don’t die.”

https://t.co/ySM6GDIkYb

[Christine MacDonald @cmacfreep]

Pontiac housing inspectors visited rental when kids were living alone https://t.co/SZLnYKKw7E via @violetikon

[Andrea May Sahouri @andreamsahouri]

Brother of mom accused in Northfield Twp. killings says he knows why she may have snapped https://t.co/c7yv6yEhB9 via @freep

[Detroit Free Press @freep]

Authorities investigate how foster home was found before Northfield Twp. tragedy https://t.co/0MhjluTk25

[Christine MacDonald @cmacfreep]

@andreamsahouri Love little Andrea ❤️

[violeta ognianova ikonomova @violetikon]

extra extra, from the Detroit revolving door chronicles:

Detroit planning director leaving for firm involved in RenCen revamp🚨🗞️
https://t.co/vkpBzqJe0X

[Nushrat Rahman @NushratR]

What happens when families have extra cash on hand each month, no strings attached?  

We go to two different cities across the country — Flint, MI and Jackson, MS — to find out.
https://t.co/obWINClTwj

[Christine MacDonald @cmacfreep]

Dan Campbell lookalike contest draws 22 competitors, won by a machinist from Manchester https://t.co/OLJFVjci6s via @freep

[Andrea May Sahouri @andreamsahouri]

According to her atty, the woman who drove her car into a Monroe Co boat club, killing 2 young siblings, was told she could drive despite a medical condition by a doctor who now faces his own criminal case — 35 felonies in an alleged “pill mill operation” https://t.co/deQWK6VnZf

[Andrea May Sahouri @andreamsahouri]

Sometimes I get to write happy stories ❤️

https://t.co/s1auwcF68i

[violeta ognianova ikonomova @violetikon]

GM now floating a full, self-funded RenCen tower demo
if it can't get pub $.

"The idea of ‘if you don’t go with this, then we’ll just tear it all down’ seems like extortion to me," said a UM prof.

New by me:
https://t.co/QtQ6f0DngP

[Andrea May Sahouri @andreamsahouri]

A Yemeni mother from Detroit said she doesn't know why a man slit her daughter's throat at a park full of children, in broad daylight.

But she does have questions- her daughter, 7, who survived the knife attack is Arab & Muslim.

"Why did he aim for her?"
https://t.co/IAkfak1K8e