A. C. Thompson


A.C. Thompson is an investigative journalist, producer, and senior reporter with ProPublica and a correspondent for the PBS series Frontline.

Career

Before going into journalism, Thompson held many jobs, including pharmaceutical study test subject, trash collector, bike messenger, punk band roadie, and a martial arts fighter. He has traveled to Afghanistan, where he was reporting for a book written with Trevor Paglen, then a Ph.D graduate student at UC Berkeley.
Thompson has been a reporter for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, and the Center for Investigative Reporting., The Association of Alternative Newsmedia press release, June 8, 2006.
He has also been faculty at New College of California, an instructor in the Media Studies Graduate Program, and taught at the Raising Our Voices program, to train street reporters.

Awards

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