Quinn Klinefelter
Senior News Editor, WDETQuinn Klinefelter is a host and Senior News Editor for 101.9 WDET, anchoring midday newscasts and preparing reports for WDET, NPR and the BBC.
Klinefelter joined WDET in 1998 after earning a M.A. from the nation’s top-ranked journalism school, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and working as a sports correspondent for BBC Radio 4 and as a talk show host, anchor and reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio.
He has won over 50 awards for his work from groups including CBS Radio, the Associated Press, the Wisconsin and Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Society of Professional Journalists. He has covered government and politics for WDET, including interviewing numerous presidential candidates, Michigan governors and every Detroit mayor elected in the 21st century. He also regularly reports on sports and entertainment, including covering 20 editions of the Indianapolis 500.
He was literally on top of the news when he finished an interview with then-Senator Bob Dole by stepping on his shoes.
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Congressional candidates in Michigan are courting voters in re-drawn Congressional boundaries, with the state's party primary elections only a week away. -
The U.S. House committee investigating the January 6th riot at the capitol resumes hearings this week. -
The family of a Michigan man imprisoned in Russia say they have a new hope after they received a personal phone call from President Biden. -
The legendary guitarist was reportedly overcome by heat exhaustion and dehydration. -
The parents of the teen accused of killing four classmates at Oxford High School last year face a court hearing today. -
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade puts the question of abortion rights in the hands of individual states. -
Officials with the Michigan-based Kellogg's say the food giant is dividing itself into three separate companies. -
Amid a rise in anti-Asian hate, what we do — and don't do — has a lasting impact on not only us but future generations, says David Han of the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission. -
President Joe Biden joined a series of elected officials and family members Sunday to bid farewell to Michigan's longest-serving U.S. Senator. -
Some Michiganders say they will continue wearing masks whether or not there’s a mandate to do so, because they still fear becoming infected with COVID-19.The president of the United States’ chief medical advisor says he shares those concerns.
