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The Model D Editorial Team:
Managing Editor: Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Raised on the East Side and schooled at Michigan State's hallowed J-School, Clare spent several years editing and writing for various Southern newspapers, including business writer and night city editor at The State in Columbia, S.C., and the assistant news editor at the Star-News in Wilmington, N.C. Lured by the call of coney dogs, Faygo and her family, she's now back home surrounded by pleasant peninsulas, working as a freelance writer and part-time film critic, contributing occasionally to Metro Times, The Grand Rapids Press, and whatever else pops up. She helped launch metromode in 2007. She writes about arts, pop culture, former Rustbelt cities, development, business, food, and once, not making this up, Cybill Shepherd's irritable bowels.
Managing Photographer: Marvin Shaouni
Marvin is a first generation American who was born in Highland Park. Shaouni carved out his niche in photography by assisting
local and nationally known photographers such as Gregory Heisler and
Norman Jean Roy. He earned a fine arts
degree from Wayne State University while being mentored by
photojournalists Jeffery Sauger (2000 MPOY) and Donna Terek (Detroit
News). Shaouni's
fondest memories of Detroit were as a child, driving southbound on
Woodward Avenue from Highland Park into Downtown. His father
was behind the wheel of the family's 1970 red MG hatchback, on his way
too pickup Shaouni's mother who worked at Chin Tiki and the Sheraton
Cadillac as a cocktail waitress. Through
his photographs, Shaouni has made it his mission to document the people
and places that give the Detroit its unique and diverse character.
Proud of the city's history of innovation, Shaouni looks forward to
being a part of Detroit's creative future. Find him at www.marvinshaouniphotography.com.
FilterD/Editor-at-large: Walter Wasacz
Over in Hamtramck is Walter, writer/editor/photographer/blogger/DJ. He writes a club/techno column for the Metro Times, contributes music reviews and features for Urb in L.A. and has published stories and photos in Berlin's De:Bug magazine. Wasacz is also a U.S. correspondent for the Berlin-based web project Berlinista. He does editorial work for the University of Michigan's Center for Russian and East European Studies, and writes for Hamtramck-based papers The Citizen and Polish Times. He's cofounder of Paris '68, a merry band of graphic artists, musicians, painters, filmmakers, critical theorists, scholars and deejays whose aim is to tilt the world's axis (ever so slightly) via the dance politic.
Development News Editor: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Before becoming a full-time freelance writer, Kelli worked for eight years in community development in Detroit's Corktown
neighborhood, where she still resides. She serves on the boards of the Greater Corktown Development Corp. and the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy. Kelli
moved to Detroit in 1994 to attend the University of Detroit Mercy,
from which she graduated with a degree in civil and environmental
engineering. She writes a weekly column, Green Space, for metromode and is also a frequent contributor to the Metro Times.
Job News: Jon Zemke
Jon is also news editor of metromode and Concentrate. He's an alumni of The
University of Michigan and The Michigan Daily, and is a Detroit
resident.
In The News: Terry Parris Jr.
Videos: Tom Hendrickson
Tom Hendrickson is the founder/owner of Hendrickson Video Productions.
His cutting edge production company produces innovative and engaging
documentary-style films for forward-thinking clients. Clients include
Chevy, Dodge, Accounting Aid Society, Campbell-Ewald, Detroit Regional
Chamber, Organic, MDCVB, and many Michigan businesses. Tom is mildly
allergic to cats. Contact him at (248) 399-6317 and visit www.hendricksonvideo.com.
Frequent contributors:
Jennifer Andrews is a digital ad writer based in Detroit. When not
writing about cars at work or bars for Model D, she spends her time
watching sumo wrestling, searching for places that serve Fukucho saké,
and eating garden burgers at the Greenwich Time Pub.
Dennis Archambault is a Detroit-based free-lance writer. He also
writes about health, community development and urban affairs, historic
preservation, and the arts.
Maureen McDonald relishes a chance to write and read about Detroit. She's
lived in the city most of her adult life. Raised in a cookie cutter suburb
in Southfield, she vowed to head south after graduating in journalism from
Michigan State University. She writes about business topics for the Detroit
News, Crain's Detroit Business and other periodicals.
Rodd Monts is a Detroit-based freelance writer who has covered economic
development and business issues in the area since 1996. His work has
appeared in both major dailies, and a number of local and national
magazines and web sites.
Supergay is a mild-mannered reporter by day,
Spandex-clad superblogger by night. A resident of Detroit's near east side, he is a cad and a card
and an all-around cool cat. He writes about life in Detroit from a
gay perspective for fun and profit, and can be reached at
supergaydetroit@aol.com.
Additional photography: Dave Krieger
Neighborhood photos are copyrighted to Dave Krieger. Dave was the founding Model D photographer, is a native Detroiter and Cass Tech grad who learned photography at the DIA. He has worked with Bruce Weber, Annie Liebovitz, David Seidner and Deborah Turbeville , and his work has appeared in Marie Claire, New York Magazine, and ESPN's magazine.
Model D is published by Detroit-based Issue Media Group.
Publishers: Brian J. Boyle and Paul Schutt
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