Adam Clay "A.C." Thompson (born c.1972 [1]) is an investigative journalist, producer, and staff reporter with ProPublica.[2] His work has appeared on the PBS series Frontline. His stories, many of which examine the criminal justice system, have helped lead to the exoneration of two innocent San Francisco men sentenced to life in prison and the prosecution of seven New Orleans police officers.[2]
Career
Before going into journalism, Thompson held many jobs, including pharmaceutical study test subject, trash collector, bike messenger, punk band roadie, and a martial arts fighter. He was in Afghanistan, where he was reporting for a book written with Trevor Paglen, a Ph.D graduate student at UC Berkeley.[3]
He was faculty at New College of California, an instructor in the Media Studies Graduate Program, and teaches at the Raising Our Voices program, to train street reporters.[4]
Selected documentaries
Awards
2005 George Polk Award for Local Reporting[5] for his series “Forgotten City,” about San Francisco's public housing
2011 Emmy nominee for "Law & Disorder"
2011 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence