Caitlin Dickerson
Atlantic staff writer on immigration; 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
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The Atlantic (staff writer on immigration)
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- Caitlin Dickerson is an American journalist who covers immigration as a staff writer at The Atlantic.
- She started at NPR, where her investigation into the US military's mustard gas tests on American troops in World War II won a Peabody Award, then joined The New York Times in 2016 as a national immigration reporter.
- Her 2022 Atlantic cover story on the Trump administration's family separation policy, "We Need to Take Away Children", won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
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- Current role
- Staff writer, The Atlantic1
- NPR
- Intern, producer, then the Investigations Desk; her series on mustard gas testing of US troops won a Peabody Award and a 2016 Edward R. Murrow Award1
- The New York Times
- National immigration reporter from 20161
- Pulitzer Prize
- 2023, Explanatory Reporting, for "We Need to Take Away Children" (The Atlantic, September 2022)1
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