Thomas Curwen

Thomas Curwen is an award-winning staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, where he has worked as editor of the Outdoors section, deputy editor of the Book Review and an editor at large for features. In his tenure at the LA Times, Curwen has demonstrated a wide range of reporting skills and interests. He won a Sigma Delta Chi Award and Bronze Medallion by the Society of Professional Journalists in 2023 for his story about a young man's 10-year struggle with schizophrenia. In 2020, he received the Meyer Berger Award from Columbia Journalism School for distinguished human interest reporting, which followed eight residents of a homeless encampment into housing in South Los Angeles. He was part of the team of Times reporters who won a Pulitzer in 2016 for their work covering a terrorist attack in San Bernardino and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his story about a father and daughter who were attacked by a grizzly bear in Montana. Curwen has also received the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for mental health journalism and been honored by the Academy of American Poets.

Biography:  https://www.latimes.com/people/thomas-curwen

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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

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Conflicts of Interest

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Contradictions

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  • An evacuation order was in effect from Gorman to just south of Pyramid Lake.
  • The fire had expanded to over 4,400 acres by late Saturday and was heading toward the town of Castaic.

Deceptions

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Recent Articles

Post Fire Wildfire Breaks Out Near Grapevine Area in Los Angeles County, Evacuation Orders Issued for Over 1,200 People

Post Fire Wildfire Breaks Out Near Grapevine Area in Los Angeles County, Evacuation Orders Issued for Over 1,200 People

Broke On: Saturday, 15 June 2024 A wildfire named Post Fire broke out on June 15, 2024, near Los Angeles County's Grapevine area. Spreading rapidly to over 4,400 acres by late evening, it forced evacuation of around 1,200 people from areas including Pyramid Lake and Hungry Valley SVRA. The fire started on the side of Interstate 5 and destroyed a building and many cars before firefighters could contain it. Strong winds hampered efforts to control the blaze, which remained under investigation.