Caitlin Dickerson
Caitlin Dickerson | |
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.jpg) Dickerson at SXSW 2019 | |
| Alma mater | California State University, Long Beach[1] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Employer | The New York Times |
Caitlin Dickerson is an American journalist. She is a reporter for The Atlantic, focused on immigration. She previously worked as a national reporter for The New York Times, a political analyst for CNN, and an investigative reporter for NPR. She was awarded a 2015 Peabody Award for an NPR special series on race-based testing of mustard gas on American troops in WWII.[2][3][4]
Career
Dickerson began her professional career as an intern at NPR. Following her internship, she worked at NPR as a producer, before landing a role on NPR's Investigations Desk.[2]
In 2016, Dickerson reported on the testing of mustard gas by the U.S. military on American troops during WWII, in which subjects were grouped by race.[5] Her reporting, published as a two-part special investigation by NPR, revealed that the Department of Veteran Affairs had broken promises it had made in the 1990s to seek out and provide compensation to veterans who had suffered permanent injuries as a result of the testing.[6] Congress reacted to the report by calling for investigations and hearings, ultimately leading to the passage of a law to compensate test subjects.[7] For their work, Dickerson and her investigative team were awarded a 2015 Peabody Award and a 2016 RTDNA National Edward R. Murrow Award.[8][9]
In 2016, Dickerson joined the staff of The New York Times as a national immigration reporter. Dickerson has broken several stories for the Times on the deportation and detention of undocumented immigrants.[10][11][12] In June 2019 she reported on crowding and unsanitary conditions at a border station facility housing hundreds of children.[13]
Dickerson is a frequent guest on the news podcast The Daily and has hosted several episodes.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "Caitlin Dickerson | CSU". www2.calstate.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ a b "Caitlin Dickerson on NPR, Journalism, and Success". Ladyclever. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "2015 Peabody Award For NPR's Investigation Of Secret Mustard Gas Testing". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Secret Mustard Gas Experiments". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ Dickerson, Caitlin (2015-06-22). "Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Dickerson, Caitlin (2015-06-23). "The VA's Broken Promise To Thousands Of Vets Exposed To Mustard Gas". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Dwyer, Colin (2017-08-03). "For Veterans Mustard-Gassed In Secret Tests, Help Now Sits On President's Desk". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "Secret Mustard Gas Experiments (NPR News)". www.peabodyawards.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "2016 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners". www.rtdna.org. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "Caitlin Dickerson". The New York Times. 2019-06-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Dickerson, Caitlin (2016-10-06). "Obama Administration Is Quietly Delaying Thousands of Deportation Cases". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Dickerson, Caitlin (2017-04-13). "Trump Plan Would Curtail Protections for Detained Immigrants". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Dickerson, Caitlin (2019-06-21). "'There Is a Stench': Soiled Clothes and No Baths for Migrant Children at a Texas Center". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "'The Daily': Immigration in the Trump Era". timesevents.nytimes.com. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2019-07-05.