Jeff Seidel
Jeff Seidel joined the Detroit Free Press in 1998 as a general assignment features reporter. He has covered everything from the war in Iraq to Hurricane Katrina.
He was part of a team that won the 2005 Dart Award for a series about the Detroit Homicide Unit, which was called, “Homicide in Detroit: Echoes of Violence.” His story, “Aftershocks of a Crime Spree,” received honorable mention in the Dart Award Competition in 2004. Seidel has won several state and national awards, including the National Headliner Award for feature writing and the Delta Sigma Chi award for feature writing.
Recent Posts by Jeff Seidel
Hostages to Justice
April 15, 2010 by Jeff Seidel, Regina H. Boone, Rick Nease, David Zeman, Kathy Kieliszewski, Susan Hall-Balduf, Steve Anderson, Jason KarasThis five-part series tells the story of female inmates of Michigan prisons as they endured years of sexual assault at the hands of guards. Originally published in January 2009 by the Detroit Free Press, received an honorable mention for the 2010 Dart Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Trauma.
Homicide in Detroit
March 3, 2005 by Jeff Seidel, Eric SealsA six-part series that takes a deep look at the impact of homicide on family, police, bystanders and the city itself. Originally published in the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), in 2004.
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