Nolan Finley is The Detroit News Editorial Page Editor He has held the position since 2000. Finley recently celebrated his 50th anniversary with The News. Hired as a copy boy in 1976, he has been a reporter, city editor, business editor and deputy managing editor. Finley has also hosted his own television and radio shows, and remains  a frequent guest on local and national programs. In 2018, the editorial page under his leadership won a first place National Headliner Award. In 2012, he was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. He is co-founder of the Great Lakes Civility Project and co-author of The Civility Book, How to Build Bridges across the Political Divide. The Cumberland County native is a graduate of Wayne State University and Schoolcraft College.

The Civility Book is a nonpartisan guide to maintaining respectful relationships across political, cultural, and racial divides.

Once pitted as adversarial counterparts as the opinion editors of right- and left-leaning newspapers, veteran journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson join forces in this groundbreaking work to champion a novel approach to political discourse. Finley, a resolute conservative, and Henderson, a committed progressive, defy expectations by demonstrating that civil conversation is not only possible but also richly rewarding, even across colossal ideological divides.

For information about The Civility Book go to: https://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352182/