Charlie Thompson is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania, working for ''

The Patriot-News ''The Patriot-News'' is the largest newspaper serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area. In 2005, the newspaper was ranked in the top 100 in daily and Sunday circulation in the United States. It has been owned by Advance Publica ...

.'' In 2003, an article in the '' Lancaster Sunday News'' speculated that Thompson and Pete DeCoursey, both then reporters for the ''Patriot-News'', were operating the political website PoliticsPA under a pseudonym. PoliticsPA named him the "Best Capitol Correspondent," praising "his balanced, unbiased reporting." In 2008, the political website PolitickerPA.com named him one of the "Most Powerful Political Reporters" in Pennsylvania. In 2009, he and

Jan Murphy Jan Murphy is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania and works for ''The Patriot-News''. In 2007, she and colleague Craig Staudenmaier won the "Benjamin Franklin Award for Excellence" from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. In 2008, she was ...

shared an "Honorable Mention"

Keystone Press Award The Keystone Press Awards are a prominent series of awards presented by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association is a trade group serving newspapers in Pennsylvania. The PNA seeks to "advance the business inte ...

in Spot News Reporting from the

Pennsylvania Newspaper Association The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association is a trade group serving newspapers in Pennsylvania. The PNA seeks to "advance the business interests of Pennsylvania news media companies" and protect the "free and independent press." It represents Pennsylva ...

for their "Bonus Busts" coverage of the " Bonusgate" arrests.

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