Cheryl W. Thompson
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Cheryl W. Thompson is an American investigative correspondent for National Public Radio and a former investigative reporter with The Washington Post. She is also an associate professor of journalism at George Washington University.[1][2]
In June 2018, Thompson was named the first African American president of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and re-elected in 2019 for a second term and won an unprecedented third term in 2020.[3][4][5] In 2011, an adaption of Thompson's story "A Cop Killer’s Remorse" won a regional Emmy Award.[6]