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
74 artists and no theme. Phoenix’s most chaotic annual art show is back Lauren Gilger Oct. 6, 2023
What effort to end Arizona’s 'Right to Work' law could mean for unions Lauren Gilger Oct. 5, 2023
For one business owner, 'The Zone' problems haven't gone away yet Lauren Gilger Oct. 5, 2023
What does 'non-soon' monsoon mean for the future Lauren Gilger Oct. 4, 2023
We only have 4,000 weeks to live. This author explores how to spend them Lauren Gilger Oct. 4, 2023
How substance use disorders impact homelessness – and can make it harder for people to get housing Lauren Gilger Oct. 3, 2023
Why don’t we often hear politicians talking more about homelessness? Lauren Gilger Oct. 2, 2023
A look into the fraught world of Native American-themed romance novels Lauren Gilger Oct. 2, 2023
New book tells the long history of agave spirits Lauren Gilger Sept. 28, 2023
Teacher says Olympics could be good for breakdancing — if it’s done right Lauren Gilger Sept. 28, 2023
Oldster Magazine creates a place to think positively about aging Lauren Gilger Sept. 27, 2023
What government shutdown may mean for AZ economy Lauren Gilger Sept. 27, 2023
Deep Dive: Giving birth in U.S. is becoming more dangerous — especially for people of color Lauren Gilger Sept. 27, 2023
First comic book featuring all-Native superheroes is getting new life Lauren Gilger Sept. 26, 2023
Professor: Religions' narratives transcend gender going back millennia Lauren Gilger Sept. 26, 2023
BBC Look Ahead: New data on glacier melting in Switzerland Lauren Gilger Sept. 25, 2023
Is the fad of running rim-to-rim in the Grand Canyon taking away from the experience? Lauren Gilger Sept. 25, 2023
Díaz and Boas: Are Democrats trying to co-opt the legacy of John McCain? Lauren Gilger Sept. 25, 2023
The ways Trump's border wall damaged the environment, hurt tribes Lauren Gilger Sept. 25, 2023
Flagstaff council, gun store in dispute over ad Lauren Gilger Sept. 22, 2023
Saguaro Land: How a pastry chef uses Sonoran ingredients in her desserts Lauren Gilger Sept. 21, 2023
Border Patrol releases migrants on streets without telling aid groups Lauren Gilger Sept. 21, 2023
6 arrested at Phoenix Sky Harbor worker protest as strike looms Lauren Gilger Sept. 21, 2023
What to know about the new COVID-19 vaccine — and where to get them Lauren Gilger Sept. 20, 2023
What the future holds for Turf Paradise horse racing track Lauren Gilger Sept. 20, 2023

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