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Bloomberg names new Detroit bureau chief

February 8, 2008

Posted by Chris Roush

Bloomberg News reporter Jeff Green is now the Detroit bureau chief, as of Feb. 4. Green has been with Bloomberg since June 2001.

BloombergGreen came from BusinessWeek, where he covered Chrysler, and he has covered General Motors for the wire service. Detroit is one of 135 bureaus worldwide for Bloomberg.

Previous Detroit bureau chief John Lippert has transferred to Bloomberg’s Chicago office where he will continue to be a reporter for Bloomberg’s Markets magazine.

Lippert has been with Bloomberg since 1995. Before that, he was a city hall reporter and business editor of the Detroit Free Press from 1987 to 1995. He previously worked for three years for the Oakland Press.

Lipper is a 1984 graduate of Wayne State. He previously worked at General Motors before going to college to become a journalist.

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