MAY 20 • 2021 | 25
A
rthur Horwitz, pub-
lisher emeritus and
former executive edi-
tor of the Detroit Jewish News,
has officially been inducted
into the Michigan Journalism
Hall of Fame.
Horwitz was supposed to be
inducted in 2020, but the ceremo-
ny was canceled due to COVID.
Mike Smith, who worked
closely with Horwitz as the Alene
and Graham Landau Archivist
Chair for the Detroit Jewish News
Foundation, nominated him for
the award.
Horwitz began his career in
journalism in 1970 as a copy
trainee at the New Haven (Conn.)
Journal-Courier and sister pub-
lication the New Haven Register
while working toward his bach-
elor’s degree from the University
of Connecticut. He was also the
editor-in-chief at the university’s
student-run newspaper, the Daily
Campus.
Horwitz pursued a master’s
degree in public and private man-
agement at Yale University and
returned to the journalism world
in 1982 as manager of planning,
research and marketing for the
Baltimore Sun.
Horwitz left the Sun in May
1986 — at age 31 — to assume
publishing responsi-
bilities for the Jewish
News.
Throughout his ten-
ure at the JN, Horwitz
oversaw all aspects
of the JN and built
long-standing rela-
tionships with other
local ethnic/minority
media outlets.
Horwitz served as past chair
and co-chair of the Michigan
Civil Rights Commission and
was a past board chair of Detroit
Public Television. He played a
vital role in establishing New
Michigan Media, a network of
ethnic and minority publications
in Michigan. Horwitz was also
co-founder of the Black-Jewish
Forum, a series of conversations
throughout Southeast Michigan.
One of Horwitz’s most notable
accomplishments was establishing
the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish
Detroit History in
2013. After a devastat-
ing fire at the JN offices
in 2002, Horwitz creat-
ed the archives and the
Detroit Jewish News
Foundation to preserve
the paper in digital
format.
“It’s a special honor
to join Philip Slomovitz, the
founding editor and publisher of
the Detroit Jewish News, in this
Hall of Fame,
” Horwitz said in his
speech. “Mr. Slomovitz served his
community, Jewish and general,
with passion and insight for more
than 70 years.
”
“I’m also grateful to have been
surrounded by a competent and
caring staff, who embraced the
role of the Detroit Jewish News as
the community’s independent,
trusted news source.
”
JN Publisher Emeritus Arthur Horwitz
officially enters Michigan Journalism
Hall of Fame.
Hall of Famer
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