Aaron Foley

Aaron Foley's reporting and writing on Detroit, blackness, and queerness has appeared in This American Life , Jalopnik , the Atlantic , CNN, several anthologies, and the PBS NewsHour , where he is currently a senior digital editor. A Detroit native, the city's first appointed chief storyteller, and a former magazine editor, he is the author of How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass and editor of The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook . He currently lives in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant...See more

Aaron Foley's reporting and writing on Detroit, blackness, and queerness has appeared in This American Life , Jalopnik , the Atlantic , CNN, several anthologies, and the PBS NewsHour , where he is currently a senior digital editor. A Detroit native, the city's first appointed chief storyteller, and a former magazine editor, he is the author of How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass and editor of The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook . He currently lives in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. See less