Krissah Thompson

Thompson has spent her entire professional career at The Washington Post. She has written for Financial, National Politics and Style.^[1] She contributed to Being a Black Man,^[8] a collection of essays that covered race and Black identity.^[8] During the presidency of Barack Obama, Thompson served as an editor of Style section.^[1] She covered Michelle Obama during the second term of Barack Obama.^[1]

In the aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown, Thompson was acting bureau chief during the Ferguson unrest. She co-led the 2018 The Washington Post video-driven programme "The N-Word Project", which encouraged readers of the Post to document and share their views of the n-word.^[9][10] The N-Word Project was nominated for an Emmy Award and shortlisted for an Online Journalism Award.^[9]

In 2020, Thompson was made Managing Editor of Diversity and Inclusion at The Washington Post.^[1] She is the first African American woman to hold the position of Managing Editor.^[1][11] At the same time, the Post announced it would hire several journalists to cover issues related to race.^[1] Thompson has said that she wants The Washington Post "to look like America and the communities we cover”.^[1]

• Thompson, Krissah (2009-03-18). "Sisterhood of Powerful Black Women in Washington Politics Comes to the Fore". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
• Thompson, Krissah (2019-09-20). "We asked black mothers how they find their joy. This is what they said". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
• Williams, Krissah (2005-08-07). "Tenacity Drives Immigrant's Dream". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-30.