Simon Thompson
Reporter/ProducerSimon Thompson was a reporter/producer for KRWG-TV's Newsmakers from 2014 to 2017. Encores of his work appear from time to time on KRWG-TV's Newsmakers and KRWG-FM's Fronteras-A Changing America.
Thompson is originally from Australia, where he graduated from Monash University with a B.A in Journalism and Politics.
After graduating, Thompson wrote features and worked as subeditor for a social culture magazine in his hometown of Melbourne.
Thompson came to the United States to travel and embark on a freelance career, sending articles to a string of publications in Australia. After realizing the gravity and extent of crucial issues begging to be covered, Thompson worked to extend his time in the U.S.
Thompson got his start in public media in Indiana at PBS/NPR stations WTIU/WFIU, shooting and producing in depth feature stories for TV and radio.
Thompson chose to come to the southwest during the polar vortex of 2013 – 2014 to report on life in the border region, master Spanish, and get as far away from any future polar vortex as possible.
As an Expat living in the U.S., Thompson has a natural inclination towards immigration issues and has focused his reporting on drug policy, education, and socioeconomic challenges in the region.
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NASA scientists are projecting dry conditions are only going to get exponentially more severe in the next thirty years. On KRWG 90.7 FM Voice of the…
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Millennials are now as large of a political force as Baby Boomers and that could determine this Presidential election. But according to the Pew Research…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je4N8717rNg&feature=youtu.beDrug violence drove thousands of businesses out of Ciudad Juarez between 2008 and 2011. The…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMawOS-1z8o&feature=youtu.beThe Democratic party has had a stronghold on state and local politics in El Paso, TX for more…
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According to a 2016 Harvard Business school report approximately 24 percent of all business owners are immigrants. Yet they only make up 15% of the…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72uykm4pD04&feature=youtu.beWhat does the U.S. have in common with Swaziland, Lesotho and Papua New Guinea? The…
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2013 New Mexico and Texas Departments of Health data shows one quarter of Dona Ana County residents needing hospitalization are going to Texas to get…
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Despite international popularity in the U.S. the century old game of rugby has largely been overshadowed by other contact sports like American football,…
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Midwestern manufacturing has suffered in recent years companies are moving out, taking jobs with them, unions have been weakened and wages have been…
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The Deming Public Schools has been educating students crossing the border from Mexico for more than 60 years. Simon Thompson takes a look at the unique…