Ethnicity African American Children 2 Occupation journalist Name Stephen Henderson | Years active 1991–present Role Journalist Spouse(s) Christine | |
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Born 1970 (age 45–46) Detroit, Michigan U.S. Awards Pulitzer Prize for Commentary | ||
Alma mater University of Michigan | ||
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Stephen Henderson (born 1970) is an American journalist. Henderson won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and the 2014 National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year Award.
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Remarks on violence against legislators
- Awards
- References
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Early life and education
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Henderson graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1988 and the University of Michigan in 1992.
Career
Henderson writes for the editorial page of the Detroit Free Press, hosts the daily talk show "Detroit Today" on WDET, hosts the weekly talk show "American Black Journal" on Detroit Public Television, co-hosts the news show "MiWeek" on Detroit Public Television, and is a correspondent for WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) in Detroit. In 2014 he won both the Pulitzer Prize for commentary and the National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year Award for his writing on Detroit's financial crisis.
Remarks on violence against legislators
In 2016, Henderson wrote that Michiganders should take legislators who supported Detroit charter schools, "sew them into burlap sacks with rabid animals, and toss them into the Straits of Mackinac." Henderson also tweeted the column with another call for violence against legislators: "GOP House harlots deserve worse than hanging for selling out #detroit kids on #DPS bills." Henderson defended his words as "hyperbole," but an editor at the Washington Examiner disagreed, saying, "The point is that his violent rhetoric has no place in politics, even as hyperbole, especially in education policy."