Carol Cain

Community Correspondents. Street Beat

Carol Cain, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, is Senior Producer and Host of the 30-minute Community Affairs program, "Street Beat," that airs alternate Sundays on CW50 Detroit.  She is also Senior Producer and Host of "Michigan Matters," a 30-minute weekly TV show that features politics, business and more that airs on sister station WWJ-TV. 

She also has worked on WWJ-TV's "Eye On The Future" community initiative which has included the prime-time TV specials: "Building Bridges: from The Great Lakes to The Great Wall", "Powering Michigan's Future" and "Rx For Michigan."  Click on the links to view the full videos.

Ms. Cain also appears on local and national radio and television shows offering her political and business commentary and writes about business and politics in her weekly column that appears in the Detroit Free Press each Sunday. As the paper's former Assistant Business Editor and Assistant National Editor, she coordinated coverage of presidential elections as well as international and national issues.

She previously was Business Editor of the Toledo Blade, worked as a business reporter and columnist at The Detroit News, and was a reporter and editor at United Press International's Detroit bureau, where she covered business, politics, automotive and sports.

A native of Detroit, Ms. Cain is actively involved in the community and is invited by numerous business, political and community organizations to be involved with their events. She is also sought after as a speaker by numerous community groups.  She moderates the Michigan Chronicle's lauded "Pancakes and Politics" breakfast series which features business and community leaders and she also serves as moderator of the Michigan Political Leadership Program's annual dinner event.

She received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Michigan State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.

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