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Henry Payne<\/strong>
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\n<\/strong>Henry Payne is an award-winning auto columnist for <\/span>The Detroit News<\/em>, host of Car Radio on WFDF Detroit, and a syndicated editorial cartoonist and opinion writer. A 35-year news veteran, he joined <\/span>The News<\/em> in 2000 from Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, National Review, New York Post, Washington Times, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Payne\u2019s coverage for <\/span>The News<\/em> includes vehicle reviews, product trends, and breaking auto news. He\u2019s won multiple awards for his car columns including the SPJ Excellence in Journalism prize. Payne is also an active race driver at the helm of a vintage Lola.<\/p>\n

<\/span>His weekly Car Radio Show for WFDF-910 AM Detroit is Michigan\u2019s premier auto enthusiast program. The live talk show follows the auto industry\u2019s news, products and trends featuring interviews with newsmakers from car executives to race car drivers. Car Radio is also available via podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google, Detroit News, and Stitcher.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Pulitzer Prize-nominated cartoonist, Payne produces five cartoons a week for Andrews McMeel Syndicate. His cartoons are reprinted in 60 publications across the country. He has been awarded Michigan\u2019s Best Editorial Cartoonist by the Associated Press and Best auto columnist by the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a runner-up for both the Mencken awards.
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\n<\/span>Payne has published three books including two children\u2019s books by Random House. His first book, \u201cPayne & Ink: The Cartoons and Commentary of Henry Payne, 2000-2001,\u201d was published in 2002. He has also illustrated two children\u2019s books for Random House: \u201cWhere did Daddy\u2019s Hair Go?\u201d (by Joe O\u2019Connor) in 2006, and Dr. Seuss\u2019 \u201cThe Ear Book\u201d in 2007. <\/span><\/p>\n

He was founder and editor of The Michigan View.com, an influential Detroit News commentary publication, from 2010-2013.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in 1962 in Charleston, West Virginia, Payne received a degree in history from Princeton University in 1984. As cartoonist for two student newspapers, The Daily Princetonian<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Nassau Weekly<\/em>, Payne won the College Media Advisers Cartoon Contest and the Tribune Company Syndicate\u2019s National College Cartoonist\u2019s Contest. Upon graduation from Princeton, Payne began his newspaper career as staff artist and cartoonist with the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail. In 1986 he joined Scripps Howard News Service and began syndication with United Feature in 1987.<\/p>\n

Payne came to\u00a0The Detroit News<\/em> in 1999.\u00a0He is the father of two boys and lives with wife, Talbot, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.<\/p>\n

Birthplace: Charleston, West Virginia, 1962
\n<\/em>Education: B.A., History, Princeton University<\/em><\/p>\n

Articles on Payne:
\nPrinceton Alumni Weekly, <\/span>October, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n

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