Tim Kiska is a longtime Detroit newsman, professor of journalism, and author of From Soupy to Nuts: A History of Detroit Television. He joined the University of Michigan - Dearborn in 2001 after a three-decades-long career at the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News. He also works as a reporter and producer at WWJ-AM.
From the very first broadcast of WWDT, Kiska gives the reader an
inside view of Detroit television and its personalities, both those
in front of the camera and those who worked on the business and
financial end of the business. Kiska explores the tradition from
radio news to television news, as well as the role newspapers
played in the development of Detroit television, especially the
impact that the 1967 newspaper strike had on the way news and
information was transmitted to Detroit."-- "Grosse Pointe
Times"
Newscast provides an excellent overview of four decades of Detroit
television journalism, based in significant part on extensive
interviews Kiska conducted with local news anchors, reporters, and
station executives. Nostalgia enthusiasts will enjoy the attention
Kiska gives to the personalities of the city's television new
business. As a case study of the four-decade trend in Detroit
television journalism, it is a solid contribution to local
history."-- "Michigan Historical Review"
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