As a video productions teacher, I realized that the most important grade a student can receive on a project wasn’t from me but from a client. One of my favorite assignments was to have the students find someone in the community that needed an ad or a story to be told, do the research, conduct […]
Author Archives: Kevin Walsh
Episode 4: Two Historic Detroit Theatres–The Redford and the DFT
Click the YouTube link below for a look at two Detroit theatres nearing the century mark that are each employing some new techniques to increase attendance. February is the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre biggest month as sell-out crowds have now made a tradition of attending the Oscar Shorts screenings–the only place in the state you can see […]
New Episode of Digging Detroit! Inside Detroit’s Music Vault at the DPL
In Episode 3, Digging Detroit’s Thomas J. Reed, Jr. joins curator Romie Minor as they explore the fabulous treasures inside the Detroit Public Library’s E. Azalia Hackley Collection (link). The collection and its corresponding concert started in 1943 by Detroit musicians and artists to honor the legacy of Ms. Hackley, a former Detroit Public School teacher who went on to […]
New and Old Frontiers: Above Detroit with Aerial Photographer Alex MacLean
Alex MacLean has seen Detroit from the sky at various stages since 1980. The large green-spaces below, for example, were once crowded neighborhoods and business districts in a city’s footprint that is large enough to fit Houston, Boston and Manhattan. These grassy fields by Google Maps might be mistaken for parks. Similar green spaces a few miles north […]
Death of a Whistleblower–Detroit’s Jerry Buckley
*Originally posted on Kevin’s blog, MyMediaDiary.com in August 2013. Updated on 3/24/14 with video of hotel implosion courtesy of Laurie Rutzel Lessard. 50,000 people is a considerable crowd at a ballpark, but a graveside service is pretty remarkable–particularly in a thunderstorm. Two recent news events have merged for me to remember the 1930 Detroit gangland […]
New Podcast: Dodge, Detroit & Women in Industry
Digging Detroit’s Tom Reed and Pete Kalinski discuss the early days of Detroit’s automotive history with experts Bailey Sisoy Isgro and Madelyn Rzadkowolski. Topics include: Advertising’s current portrayal of the Dodge Brothers Dodge’s famous dependability—and fix-it-yourself car kits General Patton and the Dodge military contract Women and Detroit’s cigar industry as a vehicle for entry into the […]
New Podcast: Interview with Alex MacLean–Aerial Photographer of Detroit in New York Times
Following the December 7, 2014 publication of his New York Times Sunday Review, “Detroit By Air” which examines the city’s dramatic haves and have-nots, photographer Alex MacLean is interviewed by Kevin Walsh and Thomas J. Reed, Jr. of Digging Detroit. Topics include… Alex’s background, including his fear of flying leading to his pilot’s license Detroit’s […]
Video: The Backstory of Digging Detroit
The guys behind Digging Detroit share how the idea got started, their backgrounds and their visions for the show. Featuring: Thomas J. Reed, Jr., Pete Kalinski and Kevin Walsh Template not foundTemplate not found
Digging Detroit – Episode 2: Rediscovering Detroit…One Bar at a Time
In Digging Detroit’s second episode, Pete and Tom climb aboard the Detroit Bus Company’s Prohibition Tour as they examine how bars with links deep in Detroit’s history are helping metro-Detroiters rediscover their city. Special guest, historian Mickey Lyons, shares her insight and research with the guys from inside The 2 Way inn, built by Civil […]
Digging Detroit: Three-Weeks-Old and Counting…
We’ve had a great first three weeks of existence at Digging Detroit and want to once again thank Tom Burelle, owner of Tommy’s Detroit Bar & Grill, for letting us launch our show in his basement/speakeasy. (See it again below!) We’ve had over 1,300 YouTube views, 425+ Facebook likes and 1,200 visitors to this site. […]