Rex Roy

Rex Roy

Rex Roy (October 24 1962—) is a free-lance automotive journalist and photographer based in Detroit, Michigan.

Background

Rex Roy is an automotive enthusiast and writer. He is currently contributing a monthly column to the Detroit News.Fact|date=July 2008 He writes from the perspective of an automotive enthusiast. His work is published internationally and is viewed by over 2 million readers per month according to tallies provided by his regular outlets.

He got his start in the automotive industry via his father's business, Ross Roy Communications. Ross Roy Communications was a merchandising and advertising agency in Detroit during its heydays from approximately 1940 to 1980, and was known primarily for its work in dealer and merchandising programs for Chrysler Corporation, Kmart, Kelly Services, and others. The firm was later sold and absorbed into a series of national advertising agencies, which included BBDO.

Roy later worked as an automotive catalog copywriter for D'Arcy McManus Masius, on the Pontiac account. He began his writing career in journalism in 2004 with a series of articles published by Edmunds.com and their enthusiast site, InsideLine.com.

Notability

By 2007, Roy's articles and reviews of vehicles were regularly published by AOL, WindingRoad.com, Sport Truck Magazine, TheCarConnection.com and other automotive-centric outlets.

In November 2007, MBI Publishing released Roy's book, Motor City Dream Garages [http://www.motorbooks.com/Store/ProductDetails_38584.ncm] , a 192-page coffee table book. Roy photographed approximately 70 percent of the book's images, while Detroit shooter Bobby Alcott [http://www.bobbyalcott.com/slideshow.php] shot the balance. This book has positioned Roy as an outspoken advocate for Detroit.

In 2008, "The Detroit News" began publishing a monthly column by Roy on "Car Culture."

Independently Compiled Articles by Rex Roy

The site daylife [http://www.daylife.com/home] lists several of Roy's more recent stories here [http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/rex_roy?js=1] .

External links

* [http://www.TheCarConnection.com] The Car Connection
* [http://www.WindingRoad.com] Winding Road
* [http://www.TheAutoChannel.com] The Auto Channel
* [http://www.SportTruck.com] Sport Truck
* [http://www.Motorbooks.com] Motor Books Publishing
* [http://www.DetNews.com] The Detroit News


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