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T. J. Quinn
Thomas Joseph Quinn is an American investigative reporter for ESPN and a fill-in host for ''Outside the Lines''. Early life Quinn was born in New York City; his father Tom Quinn (actor), Tom Quinn was a champion boxer at Georgetown Hoyas, Georgetown University and later a character actor. Quinn later moved to Alexandria, Virginia and wrote for the student newspaper while attending Fort Hunt High School, before the school merged with West Potomac High School. Career Quinn graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1991. He began his journalism career as a news reporter for the ''Daily Southtown'' in Chicago. From 1992 to 1994, Quinn covered school boards and city councils in south suburbs of Chicago for ''Southtown''. Then, Quinn moved to the ''Salt Lake Tribune'' in Salt Lake City and spent a year there reporting on local politics before returning to the ''Southtown'' in 1996 to cover the Chicago White Sox. In 1998 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Investigative Reporter
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Practitioners sometimes use the terms "watchdog reporting" or "accountability reporting." Most investigative journalism has traditionally been conducted by newspapers, wire services, and freelance journalists. With the decline in income through advertising, many traditional news services have struggled to fund investigative journalism, due to it being very time-consuming and expensive. Journalistic investigations are increasingly carried out by news organizations working together, even internationally (as in the case of the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers), or by organizations such as ProPublica, which have not operated previously as news publishers and which rely on the support of the public and benefac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
