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Mardi Link

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Covers:  Adoptee-centered facts about adoption, esoteric court cases and crime, Michigan history, its pretty random.
Doesn't Cover: Product reviews, new businesses, ribbon-cuttings (please no), infertility.
Enterprise reporter for the Traverse City Record-Eagle, Drummond Girl, true crime author, adoptee. Not necessarily in that order. muckrack.com/mardi-link

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Mardi Link’s Biography

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I was born in Detroit, adopted during the "baby scoop" era when my original birth certificate was sealed — a legal action which gives me a personal perspective on public access to government records.

"Why?" quickly followed by "How?" are my favorite questions. I'm the author of the true crime books, When Evil Came to Good Hart, Isadore's Secret and Wicked Takes the Witness Stand, a New York Times bestseller.

I'm under contract with Abrams Books for a new work on illegal adoption mills of the…

Mardi Link’s Journalist Portfolio

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U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman helped schedule Antrim lawsuit forensic team

U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman helped schedule Antrim lawsuit forensic team

BELLAIRE - A congressman from Michigan, in December 2020, helped coordinate county officials and out-of-state…

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Charter jets, dinners with Trump: New details surface in Antrim County election lawsuit

Charter jets, dinners with Trump: New details surface in Antrim County election lawsuit

BELLAIRE - Political operatives working on behalf of a man who filed an election lawsuit against Antrim Count…

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Body cam video in Cross Village election data incident released

Body cam video in Cross Village election data incident released

CROSS VILLAGE - Recordings from a deputy's body camera provide new details about how a small, unofficial grou…

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Danielle Cornish - Her life before: Homeless woman, 41, dies of exposure

Danielle Cornish - Her life before: Homeless woman, 41, dies of exposure

TRAVERSE CITY - A cross at Jubilee House is the only known memorial for a local tight-knit community, members…

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Families worry they'll fall through the cracks of no-fault insurance reform

Families worry they'll fall through the cracks of no-fault insurance reform

TRAVERSE CITY - Kris Ruckle-Mahon calculates back in time, minute by minute, to make sure everything her daug…

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Goodwill Inn on the front lines

Goodwill Inn on the front lines

TRAVERSE CITY - It was April 3 and Christina Probert, an EMT who'd left a hospital job to work with the area'…

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Articles

Mardi Link: Dear Mr. Orwell

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Cold case closed: Jury convicts man in 1989 murder of woman

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Linda Meteer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — After remaining unsolved for 37 years, the murder of Linda Meteer, daughter, friend, and mother of five, is a closed case. A jury on Monday found Steven Gary Koon, 64, guilty of second-degree murder in the 1989 killing, ending a mystery that devastated the victim’s family and friends and had frustrated scores of detectives. kAm“%9:D 92D H6:8965 @?
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Cold case closed: Jury convicts man in 1989 murder of woman

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TRAVERSE CITY — After remaining unsolved for 37 years, the murder of Linda Meteer, daughter, friend, and mother of five, is a closed case. A jury on Monday found Steven Gary Koon, 64, guilty of second-degree murder in the 1989 killing, ending a mystery that devastated the victim’s family and friends and had frustrated scores of detectives. kAm“%9:D 92D H6:8965 @?
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Awards

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Michigan Press Association

2021 - MPA Public Service Award

To recognize a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or newspaper individual that has made a significant contribution to the betterment of their community. Award received for coverage of the Antrim County election lawsuit.

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Michigan Press Association

2021 - Best Columnist

First Place for a series of first person columns about open records and my experience as an adult adoptee.

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Michigan Press Association

2021 - Government news

First place for reporting on lack of care for car crash victims after Michigan's no-fault insurance reforms.

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CNHI Reporter of the Year

2019

"Judges specifically noted Link’s demonstrable ability to bring humanity to complex issues that face the Grand Traverse region."

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Bookseller's Choice Award

2013 - Great Lakes, Great Reads

Annual award from the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, to recognize excellence in writing by authors living in, or with ties to, the Great Lakes region.

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Scripps Howard Award

2023 - Finalist for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment

This award honors an individual or an organization for distinguished service in the cause of the First Amendment guarantee of a free press, including but not limited to fighting the threat of censorship in America, overcoming public uneasiness with regard to press credibility, combating government secrecy at all levels, and instilling in the public an appreciation of its need as well as its right to know as guaranteed by the First Amendment.

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