Marilyn W. Thompson

She is the author of books covering American events such as the Wedtech scandal[1] and the 2001 anthrax attacks,[2] and co-authored two biographies of Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC).

[3][4] At the Washington Post, Thompson was an editor of reports on gun violence that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in public service in 1992.

In 1986, she moved to the New York Daily News as a general assignment reporter and uncovered the Wedtech scandal, the story of a South Bronx minority-owned defense contractor that won special treatment from the Reagan administration.

In 1987, Thompson was promoted to Assistant City Editor for Investigations before being transferred to Washington, DC, in 1988, to cover the Justice Department and Attorney General Ed Meese’s entanglement in the Wedtech affair.

She was promoted to Metro Projects Editor the next year and helped edit a package on gun violence that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

She left Reuters to serve as Deputy Editor of POLITICO[14] and after a year, became a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School.