A. C. Thompson

Adam Clay "A.C." Thompson (born c.1972 [1]) is an investigative journalist and staff reporter with ProPublica.[2] His work has appeared on the PBS series Frontline.

He was a reporter for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, and the Center for Investigative Reporting.[3] He was faculty at New College of California, and instructor in the Media Studies Graduate Program. He teaches at the Raising Our Voices program, to train street reporters.[4]

Awards
  • 2005 George Polk Award for Local Reporting[5] for his series “Forgotten City,” about San Francisco's public housing
  • 2013 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for investigative journalism in connection with the shooting of civilians by police after Hurricane Katrina.[6]
  • 2013 Honorary Doctorate from Colby College[6]
  • 2021 Nominated for 2021 Peabody Award for his work co-producing the American Insurrection news coverage.

Publications with others
  • Torture Taxi. Co-authored with Trevor Paglen. Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-933633-09-3.
    • Icon, 2007. ISBN 9781840468304.

References
  1. Robinson, Eugene S., "THE PUNK ROCK JOURNALIST MAKING REAL NEWS AT THE SOURCE", ozy.com, OCTOBER 31, 2017
  2. "A.C. Thompson - Reporter". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. http://aan.org/gyrobase/Conferences/Speakers?convID=193287%5B%5D
  4. Encyclopedia of homelessness, Volume 2 Editor David Levinson, SAGE, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7619-2751-8
  5. "The George Polk Awards for Journalism". Long Island University. 2005. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  6. "Thompson to receive 2013 Lovejoy Award", Colby College News & Events, 2013
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