Ginger Thompson is an American journalist and a senior reporter at

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. A 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in National Reporting and finalist for the National Magazine Award, she spent 15 years at ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'', including time as a Washington correspondent and as an investigative reporter whose stories revealed Washington’s secret, sometimes tragic, role in Mexico’s fight against drug traffickers. Thompson served as the Mexico City Bureau Chief for both ''The Times'' and ''

The Baltimore Sun ''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries. Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by T ...

'', and, for her work in the region, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer’s Gold Medal for Public Service and the winner of the

Maria Moors Cabot Prize The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes are the oldest international awards in the field of journalism. They are presented each fall by the Trustees of Columbia University to journalists in the Western hemisphere who are viewed as having made a significant co ...

, the

Selden Ring Award The Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, given by the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectar ...

for investigative reporting, an InterAmerican Press Association Award, and an

Overseas Press Club Award The Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member, as was the war correspondent Peggy Hull. The club seeks to maintain ...

. Prior to going to Mexico City for ''The Times'', Thompson was part of a team of national reporters there that was awarded a 2000 Pulitzer Prize for the series "How Race is Lived in America".

Life

Thompson graduated from

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

, where she was the school newspaper’s managing editor, and

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, with a Master of Public Policy with a focus on human rights law. After 15 years with ''The New York Times'', Thompson now works for ProPublica. Her work has also appeared in ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'' and '' National Geographic''. She teaches at

Columbia Journalism School The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights, Manhattan, Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is ...

References

External links

* https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/19/propublica-ginger-thompson-detained-children-crying-audio-ctn-sot.cnn * https://muckrack.com/ginger-thompson {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Ginger Year of birth missing (living people) category:Living people Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration alumni American women journalists Purdue University alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty