Erica Thompson
@Miss_EThompson
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Features writer for @suntimes. Former features editor for @DispatchAlerts. Award-winning reporter on race and gender. #Prince biographer. Freelance writer.
Chicago, IL
Joined September 2010
Some cool, unexpected news: I won first place in Multicultural Writing and first place in Public Service/Investigative reporting at the Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards! Many thanks to @PressClubCle! (1/3)
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RT @sfornek: ‘The best coast? A new photo book makes the case it's here in the Great Lakes region.’.@Miss_EThompson reports. .
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Photographer David Zurick’s 'Third Coast' celebrates the Great Lakes’ 4,500-mile shoreline, which covers more distance than the country’s Atlantic and Pacific Coasts combined.
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RT @kschorsch: A gem of a read . ever heard of the O'Hare community in Chicago -- not the airport. Thousands of people live here w/ties t….
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Named after the airport, the Northwest Side locality is one of Chicago’s officially recognized 77 community areas. But residents say it is a forgotten part of the city.
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When you hear “O’Hare,” you probably think of the airport. There is also an O’Hare community area on the Northwest Side of Chicago, where nearly 14,000 are living. But hardly anyone acknowledges that name. My deep dive on the area for the @Suntimes.
chicago.suntimes.com
Named after the airport, the Northwest Side locality is one of Chicago’s officially recognized 77 community areas. But residents say it is a forgotten part of the city.
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RT @TylerLaRiviere: Received a front page in today's Chicago Sun-Times from our coverage of yesterday's NASCAR street race! Get a copy if y….
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Today, I helped cover the “No Kings” protest in Chicago. It was a long but peaceful day that started at the Daley Plaza and ended at the ICE field office. Here’s our live blog for the @Suntimes. 📷: Me.
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RT @Micah_walker701: Now living in Streeterville, Johnson will celebrate his 98th birthday Monday. An epiphany compelled him to start writi….
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The pivotal figure's recent memoir documents his creation of Ultra Sheen, Afro Sheen and other hair products that revolutionized the market and allowed him to give back to Black Chicagoans.
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RT @sfornek: ‘Ahead of his 98th birthday, George E. Johnson reflects on trailblazing career in hair care industry.’.@Miss_EThompson reports….
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The pivotal figure's recent memoir documents his creation of Ultra Sheen, Afro Sheen and other hair products that revolutionized the market and allowed him to give back to Black Chicagoans.
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The reaction I was waiting for. About to tap in lol.
Survivor 50: In The Hands Of The Fans | Cast Reaction #Survivor #Survivor50
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RT @SeidelContent: Here's the story I wrote last fall with @Miss_EThompson about Larry Hoover and his quest for freedom: .
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Hoover is asking to cut short his time in federal prison under the First Step Act. But the decision to grant mercy rests with U.S. District Judge John Blakey, nominated to the bench in 2014 by...
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RT @SeidelContent: DEVELOPING: President Donald Trump has commuted drug kingpin Larry Hoover's federal prison sentence, the @Suntimes has c….
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Hoover and David Barksdale created the Gangster Disciples in the late 1960s, ruling as “King Larry” and “King David” until Barksdale was killed in 1974.
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