Aaron Foley Email & Phone Number

United States

New York, United States

Co-leading digital Communities Initiative as the NewsHour expands coverage of changing regions outside the national spotlight. Fundraising, partnerships, cross-platform reporting, manage and edit correspondents, daily breaking news, occasional writer.

Detroit, MI

Author, "Boys Come First" novel (Belt, 2022); “How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass,” nonfiction (Belt Publishing, 2015); anthology editor, “The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook,” (Belt, 2017)Freelance: Contributor to "This American Life," bylines in Jalopnik, The Atlantic, Reuters, CNN, LEVEL, Forbes, Thrillist, Foreign Policy, BuzzFeed, The Root.

New York, New York, United States

Founding director of nationwide initiative to support and sustain Black media outlets across the U.S. Oversaw launch of first-of-its-kind Black media directory and map. Held events for Black media publishers and editors. Networked Black media outlets with leading journalism organizations.

Stanford, CA

One of 19 mid-career professionals selected for 10-month residency at Stanford University to research and innovate solutions in journalism. Topics of study: Using revenue streams from public entities to fund independent newsrooms; curbing spread of misinformation and disinformation among Black news consumers.

Detroit, MI

Mayoral appointment as City of Detroit's first chief storyteller -- a first for city government in the U.S. -- to create new platforms for Detroit residents to share dialogue citywide. Editor of city news site TheNeighborhoods.org. Oversight of programming on one of four city cable channels. Community engagement through event programming. Marketing.

Greater Detroit Area

Editor-in-chief of 35,000-circulation monthly magazine covering Black life, arts and culture in Metro Detroit. Increased visibility of magazine among readers and advertisers. Grew site traffic from 1,000 monthly users to 50,000 monthly users with no ad spend. Organized and hosted magazine-branded events. Managed staff and freelancers.

Greater Detroit Area

Covered Fiat Chrysler, Daimler and automotive suppliers for slate of automotive industry trade publications, including Ward’s AutoWorld, Ward’s Automotive Reports and Ward’s Dealer Business. Reviewed new models. Blogged on industry happenings.

Greater Detroit Area

Founding staffer of MLive Detroit. Reporter on Detroit education and entertainment. Used HTML-editing software to build content pages. Managed event submissions for entire site. Used social media accounts to expand profile of site. Use analytics software to track site traffic and audience trends. Grew site from No. 7 in Detroit region to No. 3 with.

Lansing, Michigan Area

Copy editor for Lansing State Journal's daily Life section and weekly What's On entertainment guide, and one of two columnists for weekly "Quarter-Life Crisis" feature geared toward 20-something readers. Wrote a weekly nightlife column on local bars, clubs, dives and watering holes.

Education record

Activities and Societies: John S. Knight Journalism Fellow

B.A., Journalism

Activities and Societies: The State News, Capital News Service, Shaw Hall Black Student Alliance While at The State News: greek life.