Lauren Gilger

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Lauren Gilger is an award-winning journalist whose work has impacted communities large and small, exposing injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless and marginalized. She is dedicated to building community through storytelling and believes everyone has a story to tell.

Gilger worked as an investigative producer and reporter for ABC15 News in Phoenix after earning her master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2011, where she was named Outstanding Graduate Student.

She was the recipient of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013 after her work forced one of the world’s largest automakers to recall more than 700,000 SUVs.

Her work has uncovered the systemic separation of immigrant families in the detention system, put pressure on the FDA to review a controversial form of birth control that has injured women worldwide, and exposed the backlog of untested rape kits in the country’s sixth-largest metro area.

In the Valley, Gilger has worked as a contributor for the Phoenix New Times and a clerk at the East Valley Tribune. Nationally, her work has appeared in the Washington Post and on ABC’s Nightline.

She earned her undergraduate degree from Fordham University, studying French, visual arts and American Catholic studies.

Journalism is in Gilger’s blood. She grew up in newsrooms as her mother worked at newspapers across the country.

Title Author(s) Publication Date
After 40 Years, Is The End Of Tucson Desegregation Lawsuit Finally Near? Lauren Gilger Sept. 13, 2018
New Bishop Of Lutheran Church On Being The First Woman Lauren Gilger Sept. 12, 2018
Arts Activist On Hip Hop, Black Lives Matter And Resegregation Lauren Gilger Sept. 12, 2018
How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names? Lauren Gilger, Mark Brodie Sept. 12, 2018
ACLU Releases Plan To Reduce Incarceration Lauren Gilger Sept. 12, 2018
County Recorder On What Happened Election Day Lauren Gilger Sept. 12, 2018
How Will Nike's Brand Be Affected By The Kaepernick Ad? Steve Goldstein, Lauren Gilger Sept. 11, 2018
Charter Schools Board OKs Sale That Could Net State Rep $30M Lauren Gilger Sept. 11, 2018
Digging Into Tales Of Arizona's Old West Legacy Lauren Gilger Sept. 11, 2018
Chronic School Absence In Arizona Among Highest In U.S. Lauren Gilger Sept. 11, 2018
What Exercises Are Best For Mental Health? Lauren Gilger Sept. 11, 2018
Southwest Key Worker Convicted As Investigation Continues Matthew Casey, Lauren Gilger Sept. 11, 2018
Debate Ensues Over Energy Battle Lauren Gilger, Steve Goldstein Sept. 11, 2018
Algorithm Finds The Most Danceable Hit Songs Lauren Gilger, Steve Goldstein, Amanda Luberto Sept. 10, 2018
New Drugs May Allow Transplants With Hep C Organs Lauren Gilger Sept. 10, 2018
BBC Look-Ahead: Whaling Commission In Brazil Lauren Gilger Sept. 10, 2018
Ocean Cleanup Device Used To Remove Plastic Lauren Gilger, Steve Goldstein Sept. 10, 2018
The Argument Against Washington Team's Mascot Lauren Gilger, Steve Goldstein Sept. 10, 2018
Monsoon Stories 2018: Finale Lauren Gilger, Annika Cline Sept. 7, 2018
NASA Attempting To Reach Opportunity Rover Lauren Gilger Sept. 6, 2018
Hospitals Launching Generic Drug Company Mark Brodie, Lauren Gilger Sept. 6, 2018
Flagstaff Moves To Create Affordable Housing Lauren Gilger Sept. 6, 2018
Controversy In Pima County Over Rejected Border Security Grant Lauren Gilger Sept. 6, 2018
Former AZ AG Mulling Senate Run — As A Democrat Mark Brodie, Lauren Gilger Sept. 6, 2018
County Supervisors Unaware Of Election Troubles Bret Jaspers, Mark Brodie, Lauren Gilger Sept. 5, 2018

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