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.
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