Charlie Thompson (reporter)
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Charlie Thompson is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania, working for ''
The Patriot-News ''The Patriot-News'' is the largest newspaper serving Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area in central Pennsylvania. In 2005, the newspaper was ranked in the top 100 in daily and Sunday circulation in the United States. It has bee ...
.'' In 2003, an article in the '' Lancaster Sunday News'' reported on a rumour that Thompson and
Pete DeCoursey Peter L. DeCoursey (September 1, 1961 – January 1, 2014) was an American news reporter of political topics in Pennsylvania. He worked in or covered Pennsylvania politics for nearly three decades, serving most recently as bureau chief f ...
, both then reporters for the ''Patriot-News'', were operating the political website
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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"
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in Spot News Reporting from the
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for their "Bonus Busts" coverage of the " Bonusgate" arrests.


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