Capital News Service (Michigan)

Capital News Service

Type	wire service
Founded	Fall 1981
Owners	Michigan State University
Website	www.news.jrn.msu.edu/capitalnewsservice/

The Capital News Service (CNS) is a wire service based at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. CNS covers the state capital in Lansing for various member papers from September to early May. The circulation of the combined member papers is one of the largest in the state—larger than the Detroit Free Press. The service is headed by Eric Freedman, a Pulitzer-winning reporter formerly of The Detroit News. Correspondents are selected from juniors, seniors and master's students in the School of Journalism by an application process.

History

CNS was founded in 1981 by Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame member Dick Milliman, formerly of the Milliman Newspaper Group. It has also been edited by Hall of Famer Bill Cote, formerly of Booth Newspapers. Correspondents report on state government, politics and public policy for daily and weekly newspapers and online news outlets across Michigan.

Publications

CNS currently works with publications including:

Print

• Alpena News
• AnnArbor.com
• Big Rapids Pioneer
• Blissfield Advance
• Brown City Banner
• Cadillac News
• Cheboygan Tribune
• The County Press (Lapeer)
• Crawford County Avalanche (Grayling)
• Grand Rapids Business Journal
• (Greenville) Daily News
• Harbor Light (Harbor Springs)
• Holland Sentinel
• Jackson Citizen Patriot
• Lansing State Journal
• Ludington Daily News
• Macomb Daily
• Manistee News Advocate
• Michigan Citizen
• The Mining Journal (Marquette)
• Petoskey News Review
• Royal Oak Tribune
• South Bend Tribune
• St. Ignace News
• Sturgis Journal
• Traverse City Record-Eagle
• Three Rivers Commercial-News

Radio

• Michigan Public Radio

Internet

• Great Lakes Echo
• Gongwer News Service
• Michigan Information and Research Service (MIRS)

External links

• Capital News Service