Pierre Thomas (journalist)

Pierre Thomas
Pierre Thomas
	Thomas in 2018

Pierre Thomas is an American journalist. He serves as senior justice correspondent at

Dupont Award and been named “Journalist of the Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists

.

Early life

Thomas was born in 1962 in Lynchburg, Virginia, and grew up in Monroe Virginia, the fifth and youngest child of Nathaniel Thomas and Bertha Helen Brown Thomas. Thomas graduated from Amherst County High School in 1980, and enrolled in Virginia Tech, graduating in 1984 with a degree in communication studies.[1] As a student, his curriculum included an internship with the university's radio station, WVTF, in nearby Roanoke, Virginia.

Career

Thomas began his career at The Roanoke Times and World-News. He moved to The Washington Post in 1987, where he worked for ten years and was mentored by Ben Bradlee.^[2] Thomas later moved to television with a job at CNN in 1997, where he worked as justice correspondent.^[3] Thomas joined ABC News in 2000.^[4] is ABC #1 journalist.

Awards

In 2001, Thomas and the ABC News team won

President Obama.^[5]

In 2012, the

U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords (while other networks erroneously reported she had died) as well as breaking stories around the death of Osama bin Laden.^[6]

In 2015, Thomas won the Radio Television Digital News Association's John F. Hogan Distinguished Service award for "contributions to journalism and freedom of the press."^[7]

References

^ https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-189.html
^ Sides, Phyllis. "Q&A: Journalist Pierre Thomas coming to Milwaukee". Journal Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
^ Lamb, Brian. "Q&A with Pierre Thomas". C-SPAN.org. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
^ Boedeker, Hal (September 16, 2015). "ABC's Pierre Thomas: Journalism is teamwork". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
^ "Pierre Thomas". PBS Washington Week with Gwen Ifill. June 30, 2014. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
^ Beaujon, Andrew (March 5, 2012). "Pierre Thomas is NABJ's journalist of the year". Poynter. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
^ Flood, Brian. "Pierre Thomas on Peter Jennings: 'He Was a Master Journalist'". AdWeek TVNewser. No. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

External links

Appearances on C-SPAN

[1] ttps://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2004/02/2004-189.html

[2] Sides, Phyllis. "Q&A: Journalist Pierre Thomas coming to Milwaukee". Journal Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

[3] Lamb, Brian. "Q&A with Pierre Thomas". C-SPAN.org. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

[4] Boedeker, Hal (September 16, 2015). "ABC's Pierre Thomas: Journalism is teamwork". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

[5] "Pierre Thomas". PBS Washington Week with Gwen Ifill. June 30, 2014. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

[6] Beaujon, Andrew (March 5, 2012). "Pierre Thomas is NABJ's journalist of the year". Poynter. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

[7] Flood, Brian. "Pierre Thomas on Peter Jennings: 'He Was a Master Journalist'". AdWeek TVNewser. No. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

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