Daniel Howes
ContributorDaniel Howes is columnist and associate business editor of The Detroit News. A former European correspondent for The News, he has reported from nearly 25 countries on three continents and in the Middle East. Before heading to Europe in 1999, Howes was senior automotive writer and a business projects writer. He is a frequent contributor to NewsTalk 760-WJR in Detroit and a weekly contributor to Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor.
Howes is winner of multiple International Wheel Awards for column writing; a four-time winner of Northwestern University’s Medill award for general markets coverage; three-time winner for commentary from the Society of Business Editors and Writers; and a three-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Awards, including an honorable mention for commentary in 2007.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from The College of Wooster in Ohio, and a master’s in international affairs from Columbia University.
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Public education in Michigan is facing a crisis ever bit as threatening to its future as the bankruptcies of Detroit and two of its automakers.And… -
Detroit’s first new auto plant in nearly 30 years is a go.Fiat Chrysler will invest some $2.5 billion to upgrade its Jefferson North assembly and convert… -
President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China is exposing an inconvenient truth for Detroit’s automakers. Their bet on the world’s largest…
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It’s by now undeniable that President Donald Trump expects to get his way – all the time.So imagine the surprise in the White House this week when the… -
Detroit’s gleaming new Little Caesars Arena is a hot venue in a reviving downtown. But the surrounding district is controversial because the Ilitch family…
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Ford Motor’s Rodney Dangerfield days may be over.You remember him – the ol’ comedian who always complained he “got no respect.” Neither did Ford for the… -
Business leaders wondering whether they have a new ally in the governor’s office got an answer this week: not so much.The net effect of Governor Gretchen…
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The last time Detroit got a new auto plant, Papa Bush was in the White House and Detroit’s real reckoning was years away. In the nearly 30 years since,…
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John Dingell died the same day the “Green New Deal” appeared in Washington. Michigan’s legendary congressman would not have approved.This driving force… -
Generous Motors is officially gone.The automaker’s plan to idle and try to close five North American plants is hurtling toward a Titanic battle over the…
