Carey Gillam is an American investigative journalist.[1][2][3]

Carey Gillam
BornOverland Park, Kansas, U.S.
OccupationInvestigative journalist
NationalityAmerican

Life and career edit

Gillam was born in Overland Park, Kansas. She started her career as a general assignment reporter for two small newspapers in Kansas.[4] Gillam spent several years working for the chain of business publications owned by American City Business Journals before joining the Thomson Corporation as a banking reporter covering southeast regional bank holding companies. She joined Reuters News Agency.[1] in 1998 where she covered agriculture, commodities markets, and general news assignments. Gillam left Reuters in October 2015 and in January 2016, joined the nonprofit investigative research group U.S. Right to Know as director of research. Gillam's articles since leaving Reuters have appeared in The Guardian, Time, UnDark and other outlets.

In 2022, she became the managing editor of The New Lede, a news organization by the Environmental Working Group.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "World Forum for Democracy 2019: Speakers – Carey Gillam". Council of Europe. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "I'm a journalist. Monsanto built a step-by-step strategy to destroy my reputation: Carey Gillam". The Guardian. August 9, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Carey Gillam Biosketch" (PDF). European Parliament.
  4. ^ Hiar, Corbin (October 5, 2018). "Newsmaker: Meet the crusading reporter brawling with Big Ag". Environment & Energy Publishing. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "#SEJSpotlight: Carey Gillam, Managing Editor, The New Lede; Freelance Journalist | SEJ". www.sej.org. June 9, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Carey Gillam". The Guardian. Retrieved September 21, 2023.

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