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
Should 'Gilbert Goons' be prosecuted as criminal gang? Lauren Gilger March 18, 2024
Tracking the extremes in weather — in an age when we’re breaking records all the time Lauren Gilger March 18, 2024
How the Phoenix police is working to combat a systemic officer shortage Lauren Gilger March 18, 2024
How this artist took inspiration from ceramics and the desert to make huge textile exhibit Lauren Gilger March 15, 2024
Saguaro Land: The Sonoran Desert is having its moment in design right now Lauren Gilger March 14, 2024
Controversy in Sedona over area to sleep in cars Lauren Gilger March 14, 2024
Why Goldwater Institute backs property tax refunds when cities don't manage 'public nuisances' Lauren Gilger March 14, 2024
The language around immigration is ramping up with the political debate Lauren Gilger March 13, 2024
Longtime gallery celebrates 'enduring arts in Phoenix' Lauren Gilger March 13, 2024
Women in sports are breaking through in a new way Lauren Gilger March 12, 2024
As funding runs out, could AZ border towns face street releases of migrants? Lauren Gilger March 12, 2024
Díaz and Boas: AZ may miss Sinema. For now, anger Lauren Gilger March 11, 2024
This Mesa swing actor can fill in for anyone at the drop of a hat Lauren Gilger March 11, 2024
BBC Look Ahead: Russians head to the polls Lauren Gilger March 11, 2024
How 7 Colorado River states will come to agreement on water sharing Lauren Gilger March 11, 2024
Arizona author Mari Herreras on writing in the Southwest Lauren Gilger March 8, 2024
Equality Arizona is back. So is the leader who many blame for its collapse Lauren Gilger March 7, 2024
Arizona has a doctor shortage despite new med schools Lauren Gilger March 7, 2024
Phoenix festival features Loeffler octet that hasn't been performed in more than 100 years Lauren Gilger March 7, 2024
Pima County wants people to report stolen guns quicker — or face a fine Lauren Gilger March 6, 2024
Like in Tucson, groups that aid migrants in Phoenix face a funding cliff Lauren Gilger March 6, 2024
Professor wants to create a pipeline for Latino students in the performing arts Lauren Gilger March 6, 2024
A judge upheld Arizona's citizenship requirements for voting, but advocates call it a win Lauren Gilger March 5, 2024
Why has Texas border seen drop in migrant arrests while AZ numbers are up? Lauren Gilger March 5, 2024
How the Hollywood system shapes which movies get made — even bad ones Lauren Gilger March 5, 2024

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