Ginger Thompson
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Ginger Thompson is an American journalist and a senior reporter at
2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in National Reporting[1] and finalist for the National Magazine Award, she spent 15 years at The New York Times
, 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 Overseas Press Club Award.
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, where she was the school newspaper’s managing editor, and George Washington University, with a Master of Public Policy with a focus on human rights law.[2]
After 15 years with The New York Times,Columbia Journalism School.[7]
References
- pulitzer.org. 22 June 2000. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Ginger Thompson". ProPublica. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- NY Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "All Stories by Ginger Thompson". The Atlantic. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ Thompson, Ginger (13 June 2017). Luce, Kristen (ed.). "How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico". National Geographic. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- Columbia Journalism School. Columbia University. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
