Detroit Free Press
| On Guard for 194 Years | |
The September 11, 2011 front page of the Detroit Free Press, with Eric Millikin art and Mitch Albom column about the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett (Detroit Media Partnership) |
| President | Timothy Gruber |
| Editor | Nicole Avery Nichols |
| Founded | 1831 |
| Headquarters | 160 W. Fort St. Detroit, Michigan 48226 United States |
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| ISSN | 1055-2758 |
| OCLC number | 137343179 |
| Website | www |
The Detroit Free Press (commonly referred to as the Freep) is a major daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest local newspaper owned by Gannett (the publisher of USA Today), and is operated by the Detroit Media Partnership under a joint operating agreement with The Detroit News, its historical rival. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press.
The Free Press has received ten Pulitzer Prizes and four Emmy Awards. Its motto is "On Guard for 194 Years". In 2018, the Detroit Free Press received two Salute to Excellence awards from the National Association of Black Journalists.