John T. Gallagher (born 1949)[1] is an American retired business journalist and author.
[5] Gallagher joined the Democrat and Chronicle daily newspaper in Rochester, New York in 1978.
[5] Gallagher joined the Detroit Free Press newspaper in 1987, where he remained until 2019.
He wrote a 2022 article in Metromode about the history of discriminatory mortgage lending practices.
[9] Rust Belt Reporter: A Memoir (2024), is an autobiographical memoir in which Gallagher highlighted his hopeful ideas about Detroit's urban recovery, in light of the city's economic collapse and in an era which traditional newspaper publishing and journalism is in decline.