Kelley Root

Journalist, mom, Michigander. Special Projects editor, @detroitnews. MSU Spartan. [email protected]

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Trump dozes off as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

“… these symptoms strike when a woman is at the peak of her career, raising children and caring for aging parents. There’s a whole constellation of people relying on her…

Even so, only about one in four women in menopause in the United States is treated for her symptoms.”

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In @nytopinion

“Our society’s approach to menopause and perimenopause reflects the deep flaws of a health system that has long treated women as an afterthought,” Melinda French Gates writes. https://t.co/FFGJvlpVqa

[Maureen Feighan @mfeighan]

Three months after a horrific attack, rebuilding is underway at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, but the attack's impact still lingers. Important work by @MBryanOK. https://t.co/v4gQe1pJYm

[ABC News @ABC]

Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause. https://t.co/eG1616YmTc

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

Delightful read here with behind-the-scenes detail, via @carolthompson_ —>>

How 'Only in Monroe' TV show landed Stephen Colbert as guest host https://t.co/5T6ZPcaTwr via @detroitnews

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

who says a viral story can’t translate to print? 😂 our @detroitnews page designers beg to differ

more on Buff Mike Rogers —>>
https://t.co/ElSbKnVOSB

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

Asked if he stayed at The Ritz-Carlton, Aragona replied, “I don't know where the hell I stayed. It was over a year ago.”

Bread-and-butter reporting here from @CraigDMauger on who is influencing your elected representatives —>>

[The Detroit News @detroitnews]

Michigan lawmakers got more trips, as legislating slowed to crawl https://t.co/9bPr1cAV2a

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

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“I’m Naomi Wolf.”
“I’m Kanye West.”
“I’m Matt Taibbi.”
“I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

[erika @yeeeerika]

the human spirit was not designed for this many passwords

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

notable: the real image was taken by @detroitnews photographer @DavidGuralnick

the Hulk memes and other creative versions, while hilarious, are not ours 😂 we do not offer a beefcake add-on package

stay legit, friends!

[Chad Livengood @ChadLivengood]

AI-altered image of a buff Mike Rogers goes viral.

Here’s where it originated:

https://t.co/wolyS7DQRR

via @detroitnews

[Ryan Faircloth @RyanFaircloth]

"The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut its workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs, executives said Tuesday evening, just a month after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Annunciation school and church shooting." https://t.co/ODg9kORZVX

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

State, DTE negotiate future of neglected Detroit River fishing spot https://t.co/aIDaMHOz5r via @detroitnews

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

Auto supplier workers play catch-up amid American Axle/Dauch strike https://t.co/OHGKiIhszz via @detroitnews

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

Rebuilding underway at Temple Israel after attack, but impact lingers https://t.co/NhF5MYNVis via @detroitnews

[susie @banikarim]

getting in a public pissing match with your star anchor on your top rated show isn’t a strategy i’ve seen a tv executive try before! but hey move fast and break things right? i’m sure it’ll be really productive!

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

“…. management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story … politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast.

Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.”

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

don’t you hate when your comms team goes rogue when you’re working on the farm, so annoying

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

Andy Ogles blames a staffer for his now-deleted post.

[Chad Livengood @ChadLivengood]

UPDATE: Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Tuesday that if the administration tries to pursue a permanent appointment for Bill @Pulte, he'd have "a lengthy road ahead of him."

https://t.co/G197ygMKZo

[Chad Livengood @ChadLivengood]

I'll be on @michigan_public's @StatesideRadio at 3 p.m. talking about an effort to rein in the political power of DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and other state contractors, as well as how the utilities are messaging data centers.

Read my columns here: https://t.co/ttWDUMdOOG

And here: https://t.co/eWDvtKrkSA

[Kelley Root @kelleyroot]

ugh. still hurts to watch. every single time

[Brad Galli @BradGalli]

On this day in Detroit Tigers history:

Armando Galarraga had his perfect game cut short on what should have been the final out on June 2, 2010.